Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
Letter of Halachic Responsum Handwritten and Signed by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – Carei, 1930s
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Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
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Lengthy letter (2 pages, over 42 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Yoel Teitelbaum (later Rebbe of Satmar). Carei (Nagykároly), [between 1932-1934].
Halachic responsum regarding a butcher who sold non-kosher meat, and severe warning not to buy meat from a butcher shop which is not under rabbinic supervision. The responsum was addressed to R. Yechezkel Shraga Citron Rabbi of Encs. This responsum was published in Responsa Divrei Yoel, Part II, Omissions of Yoreh De'ah, section 164. (The letter was written between 1932-1934, since R. Yechezkel Shraga Citron was appointed rabbi of Encs in 1932, and R. Yoel Teitelbaum left Carei for Satmar in 1934).
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region.
He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Carei (in place of R. Shaul Broch who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. After his escape from the Holocaust, he reached America and established the Satmar Chassidic community – the largest Chassidic community in the world. He was one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust, the president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and a leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings resulted in the publishing of dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.
[1] double leaf, official stationery. 2 written pages, over 42 autograph lines and his signature. Approx. 23.5 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Folding marks. Minor damage to lower margin.
Halachic responsum regarding a butcher who sold non-kosher meat, and severe warning not to buy meat from a butcher shop which is not under rabbinic supervision. The responsum was addressed to R. Yechezkel Shraga Citron Rabbi of Encs. This responsum was published in Responsa Divrei Yoel, Part II, Omissions of Yoreh De'ah, section 164. (The letter was written between 1932-1934, since R. Yechezkel Shraga Citron was appointed rabbi of Encs in 1932, and R. Yoel Teitelbaum left Carei for Satmar in 1934).
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region.
He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Carei (in place of R. Shaul Broch who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. After his escape from the Holocaust, he reached America and established the Satmar Chassidic community – the largest Chassidic community in the world. He was one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust, the president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and a leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings resulted in the publishing of dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.
[1] double leaf, official stationery. 2 written pages, over 42 autograph lines and his signature. Approx. 23.5 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Folding marks. Minor damage to lower margin.
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