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Ach Pri Tevuah (Liska) – Both Parts – Munkacs, 1875-1876 – Copy of the Keren LeDavid, Rabbi Eliezer David Grünwald of Satmar, and His Stepbrother-in-Law Rebbe Yosef Grünwald, the Vayaged Yosef of Pupa - Ach Pri Tevuah, homilies following the order of the Torah portions, by R. Tzvi Hirsch Rabbi of Liska (teacher of R. Yeshayah Kerestir). Munkacs: Pinchas Bleyer, 1875-1876. First edition. Two parts in one volume. The author, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh Friedman of Liska (1798-1874), a leading Hungarian rebbe, from the first generation of the Chassidic movement in Hungary. A disciple of the Yismach Moshe, Rebbe Shalom of Belz, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rebbe Meir of Premishlan and the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. He was renowned as a wonder-worker, and people flocked to him from all over the country to receive his blessings. He authored Ach Pri Tevuah and HaYashar VehaTov. His illustrious disciple was R. Yeshayah of Kerestir, who used to sign as ”the attendant of the righteous rabbi of Liska”. Copy of R. Eliezer David Grünwald , the Keren LeDavid, and his stepbrother-in-law Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa, the Vayechi Yosef, during his tenure as dayan and posek in Satmar (before the Holocaust). On first title page, signature of the Keren LeDavid (from his youth): ”Eliezer David son of R. Amram Gr[ün]w[ald]”. Stamps on title page of Part I and elsewhere (mostly blurred) of his stepbrother-in-law, the Vayechi Yosef: ”Yosef Grünwald – dayan and posek of the Orthodox community of Satu Mare”. Another stamp on title page: ”Hoffmann Sandor – Csorna” (in Latin characters). Signature on last leaf: ”Dov Ber Rappaport”. R. Eliezer David Grünwald, Rabbi of Satmar (ca. 1866-1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Son of R. Amram Grünwald of Csorna (ca. 1831-1870). 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 distinguished communities – Bardejov, Dunajská Streda, Tzeilem (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 numbered hundreds of students. In 1921, he was appointed Rabbi 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 Responsa were lost in the Holocaust), Keren LeDavid on the Torah (Satmar, 1930-1939), Keren LeDavid – Homilies (Satmar, 1934), and more. While R. Eliezer David Grünwald left behind no descendants, his home was open to all, and he nurtured many orphans and poor children in his home. One of these was Rebbetzin Chanah, the daughter of his brother R. Yaakov Yechizkiah of Khust; when she married R. Yosef Grünwald, they lived with the Keren LeDavid and he became his close disciple. Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (1903-1984), last Rabbi of Pápa, Hungary, and leading rabbi in the United States. Son and successor of R. Yaakov Yechizkiah Grünwald, Rabbi of Pápa, the Vayaged Yaakov (son of R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem). He served as posek and yeshiva dean in Satmar, and in 1941 after the passing of his father the Vayaged Yaakov, he moved to Pápa and served as the town's rabbi. During the Holocaust, his wife and their ten children were murdered by the Nazis. After the Holocaust he served as Rabbi in Pápa and Szombathely, later relocating to Belgium and finally the United States, where he established the Kehillat Yaakov Pupa community, and served as rabbi and yeshiva dean. Two parts in one volume. Part I: [4], 116 leaves. Part II: [1], 88 leaves. 24.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear. Tears and small open tears, affecting text. Holes across many leaves in the book, affecting text. Worming to margins of several leaves. Old binding, worn.