Auction 050 Part 1 Satmar: Rebbes and Rabbis of Satmar-Sighet, Hungary and Transylvania

Collection of Keren LeDavid Books – Responsa, On the Torah and Festivals – Satmar, 1929-1939 – Inscriptions, Signatures and Stamps

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Collection of first editions of the Keren LeDavid series, responsa and novellae on the Torah and festivals by R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar.
The collection includes:
* Keren LeDavid, responsa, Orach Chaim section. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1929. Lacking [3] final pages ("names of signatories"). At the top of the title page is a handwritten dedication from the author's son-in-law, the publisher R. Yosef Grünwald: "Wedding gift to… R. Moshe son of R. Tzvi Lamm of Vișeu de Sus, disciple of the author. May he merit from his own labor all good. The wishes of his friend and well-wisher, Yosef Grünwald". Stamps of the recipient, R. Moshe Lamm-Kahan, on the title page and second leaf.
* Keren LeDavid, aggadic novellae on the Torah – Part I on Bereshit and Part II on Shemot. Satmar, 1930-1939. Two parts in two volumes. At the beginning of the two parts is an introduction by the publisher, Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (grandson of the Arugat HaBosem, the author's brother). In Part I – stamps and signatures: "Chaim Aryeh Kahana – Timișoara"; stamp of "Leib Miller – Sapinke (Săpânța)"; signature: "Menachem Nachum – shochet"[?]. In Part II – signature: "Mordechai Efraim ---".
* Keren LeDavid, Aggadic novellae and homilies on the festivals – Part I on Elul and the Tishrei festivals, Part II on the other festivals. Satmar: Meir Leib Hirsch, 1934. Two parts in two volumes. At the beginning of Part I is an introduction by the editor, Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (grandson of the Arugat HaBosem, the author's brother).
Ownership inscriptions in Part I title page and endpaper by R. Meir Yitzchak Eizik Rosenberg of Borșa, Maramureș; someone who received it as a gift from R. Meir Yitzchak Rosenberg; and additional inscriptions. Stamps: "Mordechai Steinmetz – shochet of Mediaș, formerly of Ruscova"; and stamps of the society to publish the works of the author, R. Eliezer David Grünwald.
The pre-subscribers list at the end of Part II mentions "the Rebbe Av Beit Din" [Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, who was appointed the same year, 1934, to serve as abbi of Satmar]; and "Avraham Yitzchak Kahn" [later the Rebbe of Toldot Aharon – at the time learning in the yeshiva of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar].

Five volumes. Varying size and condition. Good general condition. Worming and light damage. New bindings.

The author, R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Satmar (ca. 1866-1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem. He studied for a short period under R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld, author of Chatan Sofer. He served as rabbi and dayan in many prominent communities – Bardejov, Dunajská Streda, Tzelem (Deutschkreutz) and Vişeu de Sus – establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim. His yeshiva in Vişeu de Sus alone had hundreds of students. In 1921, he was chosen as Av Beit Din of Satmar, and he headed one of the largest yeshivas of Hungary, the very largest in Transylvania. After his passing, his disciples began to publish his novellae, from which they printed Responsa Keren LeDavid on Orach Chaim (Satmar, 1929; other parts of the work were lost in the Holocaust), Keren LeDavid on the Torah (Satmar, 1930-1939), Keren LeDavid – Homilies (Satmar, 1934), and more.



The Keren LeDavid of Satmar – Manuscripts and Books
The Keren LeDavid of Satmar – Manuscripts and Books