Tiferet HaGershuni – Munkacs, 1902 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – Kvitel Inscriptions

Tiferet HaGershuni – Munkacs, 1902 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – Kvitel Inscriptions

Tiferet HaGershuni, homilies and comments on the Torah by R. Gershon Ashkenazi. Munkacs: Shmuel Zanvil Kahana and his son-in-law Ozer HaKohen Fried, [1902].

Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – on the last leaf is a stamp of the Rebbe from his time in his hometown, Sighet (in his youth, from his father's passing in 1904 until 1906): "Yoel Teitelbaum son of the Tzaddik, Sighet"; and a later stamp from his tenure as Av Beit Din of Carei (1926-1934): "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Carei and the region".

Inscriptions on the title page and last leaves: "Yoel Teitelbaum – Satmar"; "this book belongs to our master Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Orșeva…"; "this book belongs to our master R. Yoel Teitelbaum, Satmar".

Several Kvitel inscriptions on the first and last leaves.

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 both 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 Karoly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach 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. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.

[9], 10-98 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Creases and tears. Margins of several leaves repaired with paper and tape. Fine new leather binding.