Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
Zohar – Zhitomir, 1863 – Complete Three-Volume Set – The Zohar that Belonged to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar
Opening: $8,000
Estimate: $20,000 - $40,000
Sold for: $15,000
Including buyer's premium
Zohar on the Torah – Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the Slavita rabbi, 1863. Complete three-volume set.
These volumes of the Zohar belonged to the holy Rebbe of Satmar, author of Divrei Yoel. Each title page bears the stamp: "Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar and its region, in the holy city of Jerusalem". One of the volumes bears the same stamp on the last leaf as well. The Satmar Rebbe lived in Eretz Israel for a short while after leaving post-Holocaust Europe and these stamps are from that time.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum (1887-1979) was an illustrious Torah scholar, president of the Eda HaCharedit and leader of Charedi American Jewry as well as a mainstay of the post-Holocaust Chassidic world.
Born in Sighet, son of the author of Kedushat Yom Tov and grandson of the author of Yitav Lev, who served as rabbis of Sighet and as Chassidic leaders in the Maramureş region. Renowned from his youth for his sharp mind and genius, for his holiness and his purity. After he wed the daughter of Rebbe A. C. Horwitz, Rabbi of Połaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidism to a select group of disciples and chassidim. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Carei (from 1925) and Satmar (from 1934), and in each of these communities also headed a large yeshiva and a large Chassidic community. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureş region. Rescued from the Holocaust in Dr. Kastner's famous "rescue train", he arrived via Bergen-Belsen and Eretz Israel to the US and founded the largest Chassidic community in the world, the Satmar Chassidic community, which until today is the most dominant community of Orthodox Jews in the US. He also headed the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem. He stood at the front of the opposition to Zionism and to the establishment of the State of Israel, heading the struggle for preservation of the holiness of the Jewish People and their Torah way of life. Together with his zealousness for the honor of the Torah and the future of faithful Jewry, he was known for his exceptional acts of chessed. His door was constantly open to those in need and he was always available to help any Jew. An outstanding Torah scholar, he wrote many halachic responsa and his works have been published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah, and others.
Three volumes: [4], 251, 16 [i.e. 17]; [1], 1, 3-280 (mispagination, without lack); 309, 11 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains, dampstains. Infrequent worming. Slight damage to two title pages and to several other leaves, repaired with paper. Ownership inscriptions. Fine new leather bindings.
These volumes of the Zohar belonged to the holy Rebbe of Satmar, author of Divrei Yoel. Each title page bears the stamp: "Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar and its region, in the holy city of Jerusalem". One of the volumes bears the same stamp on the last leaf as well. The Satmar Rebbe lived in Eretz Israel for a short while after leaving post-Holocaust Europe and these stamps are from that time.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum (1887-1979) was an illustrious Torah scholar, president of the Eda HaCharedit and leader of Charedi American Jewry as well as a mainstay of the post-Holocaust Chassidic world.
Born in Sighet, son of the author of Kedushat Yom Tov and grandson of the author of Yitav Lev, who served as rabbis of Sighet and as Chassidic leaders in the Maramureş region. Renowned from his youth for his sharp mind and genius, for his holiness and his purity. After he wed the daughter of Rebbe A. C. Horwitz, Rabbi of Połaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidism to a select group of disciples and chassidim. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Carei (from 1925) and Satmar (from 1934), and in each of these communities also headed a large yeshiva and a large Chassidic community. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureş region. Rescued from the Holocaust in Dr. Kastner's famous "rescue train", he arrived via Bergen-Belsen and Eretz Israel to the US and founded the largest Chassidic community in the world, the Satmar Chassidic community, which until today is the most dominant community of Orthodox Jews in the US. He also headed the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem. He stood at the front of the opposition to Zionism and to the establishment of the State of Israel, heading the struggle for preservation of the holiness of the Jewish People and their Torah way of life. Together with his zealousness for the honor of the Torah and the future of faithful Jewry, he was known for his exceptional acts of chessed. His door was constantly open to those in need and he was always available to help any Jew. An outstanding Torah scholar, he wrote many halachic responsa and his works have been published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah, and others.
Three volumes: [4], 251, 16 [i.e. 17]; [1], 1, 3-280 (mispagination, without lack); 309, 11 leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains, dampstains. Infrequent worming. Slight damage to two title pages and to several other leaves, repaired with paper. Ownership inscriptions. Fine new leather bindings.
Satmar and Sighet Chassidism – Manuscripts and Letters, Signatures and Important Ownerships
Satmar and Sighet Chassidism – Manuscripts and Letters, Signatures and Important Ownerships