Bidspirit auction | Copy of the Sanz-Klausenburg Rebbe

Copy of the Sanz-Klausenburg Rebbe Yekusiel Yehuda Halberstam- Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Unsdorfer of Pressburg. - Sefer Shemenah Lachmo, Parts I–II. Homiletic discourses for the festivals and eulogies, by Rabbi Asher Anshel son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Przemyśl, a disciple of the gaon Rabbi Naftali Katz of Poznań, author of Semichat Chachamim. Podgórze (near Kraków), 1896–1897. With approbations from Rebbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova and Rebbi Shlomo of Bobov (the first Rebbe of Bobov). On the flyleaf appears the stamp of the holy Rebbe : “Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam, Av Beit Din of the holy community of Sanz, ” along with an additional marking indicating it came from his private library. Inside the sefer is also a kvittel  from one of his Chassdim. There are also stamps of the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Unsdorfer, Maggid in Pressburg. The Holy Admor Rebbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam of Sanz-Kloizenburg [admiringly known as the 'Shefa Chaim' or 'Divrei Yatziv' after his Seforim] [1905-1994] one of the admired and renowned Tzaddikim of the generation. The founder of Kiryas Sanz in Netanya and the Laniado Hospital. Served simultaneously as Rosh Yeshiva and as the admired leader of thousands. At the age of 21, he was appointed Rav and Av Beis Din of the haredi community in Kloizenburg which was known as 'The Sephardic Community'. He suffered greatly during World War II, going through seven circles of hell yet not abandoning his fervent Avodas Hashem. He lost his wife the pious Rebbetzin the daughter of the 'Atzei Chaim' of Siget and his eleven children in the Holocaust. After the Holocaust, he became renowned for the establishment of Torah and charity institutions for She'eris Hapletah. Thousands admired and followed him, gathering to his prayers and feasts. His court was established in the Crown Heights neighborhood in the USA and later in Israel, in Kiryas Sanz of Netanya and Jerusalem and at the end of his life, in Union City. He established and founded great enterprises for the support and teaching of the Torah 'Mifal HaShas' and 'Kolelei Shas' in Israel and all over the world. His Mechutan the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Unsdorfer, was a maggid in Pressburg and rabbi of the “Mevakshei Torah” congregation. He was born in 1888 to his father Rabbi Mordechai Aryeh, who served as a ritual slaughterer and halachic authority in the city of Guta. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman studied under Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky in the yeshiva of Galanta and under Rabbi Akiva Sofer, Av Beit Din of Pressburg. After marrying Mrs. Sheva of the Stern family, he devoted himself to Torah study for several years while his wife supported them through her work as a seamstress. He would go to sleep after midnight and rise before dawn; his entire life was dedicated to Torah study, teaching Torah, and cultivating fear of Heaven. He delivered advanced lessons in halacha and Talmud to outstanding disciples, and also taught Chumash with Rashi and Mishnah. He was never seen to become angry or strict; all his words were gentle and well received. Through his passionate sermons and personal conversations filled with wisdom and humility, he brought many people back from sin. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman authored novellae in Aggadah, as well as works of  mussar and ethical awakening on the Torah and Pirkei Avot, which he delivered in his sermons between the years 1916–1944 in the Pressburg community. After refusing to abandon his community in order to save himself, he was deported to Auschwitz. On the second day of Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 1944, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Unsdorfer and his wife were martyred al kiddush Hashem Hy''d. His son, Rabbi Shmuel Alexander Unsdorfer, later became the father-in-law of the Sanz Rebbe Shlit''a in Eretz Israel. [4], 33, [2], 28 Leaves. 19 Cm.