Bidspirit auction | Sefer Mikdash Melech – Rare

Sefer Mikdash Melech – Rare Kapust Edition. Personal Copy of R. Moshe Aryeh Freund - Sefer Mikdash Melech (Volume I), a rare and uncommon edition, printed in Kapust in 1810. Printed entirely on blue paper.  Personal copy of R. Moshe Aryeh Freund, with his stamps seen on title page and on pp. 2, while serving as the Rav of Satmar.  R. Moshe Aryeh Freund (1903–1996), Av Beis Din of the Eidah HaChareidis in Jerusalem from 1979 until his death. He was born in Bonyhad, Hungary, to R. Yisroel Freund, the local Av Beis Din, and grandson of the Admor of Nasod, R. Yehoshua Freund. Prior to the outbreak of WWII, he served as Rosh Yeshiva and Av Beis Bin in Satmar, Romania. He was the sole survivor of his family, as his wife and nine children were murdered by the Nazis. Rebuilding his life after the war, he immigrated to Eretz Yisroel in 1951, leading the Satmar community in Jerusalem and authoring the seminal halachic work Ateres Yehoshua, by which he was affectionately known. Renowned for his piety, zealotry, and unyielding commitment to traditional Judaism, he influenced generations of students and was succeeded by R. Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky and R. Yaakov Fisher upon his passing at age 92. In overall very good condition. Title page partly detached. An old repair is seen on verso of final leaf, affecting text. Bound in an original, worn binding; partly damaged. 164, [1] pp.