Huge assorted collection of over a hundred different books, printed in Hungary and Transylvania, Satmar, Munkacs and the regions between 1826 and 1948.

The collection includes Chassidic and kabbalistic books, homiletics and novellae on the Torah, Talmudic novellae, responsa and halachah, and more. Many books are first or only editions. Some books contain stamps, signatures, dedications and ownership inscriptions.

Included are books by the Chatam Sofer and other rabbis of Satmar, Hungary and Transylvania.

See Hebrew description for a detailed listing of books.

105 books in 106 volumes. Varying size and condition. Signatures and stamps. New bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.

Large assorted collection of dozens of books printed by Holocaust survivors (She'erit HaPletah) in DP camps in Germany after the Holocaust.

See Hebrew description for a detailed list of books.

29 books. Varying size and condition, good to fair. Most in new bindings, one without binding. The present collection has not been thoroughly examined, and is being sold as is.

Beurei HaZohar, commentary on the Zohar by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Kopust (Kopys): R. Yisrael Yoffe, [1816].

First edition, printed in the lifetime of the author – the Mitteler Rebbe.

A fundamental book clarifying many concepts of the Arizal's Kabbalah, according to the Chassidic approach. The commentaries on the Zohar, which the Baal HaTanya imparted to his sons and his elite disciples on Shabbat eves, were recorded by his son R. Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. The Baal HaTanya taught these commentaries from 19th Kislev 1801 until his final years. [As the teachings are those of the Alter Rebbe, while the writing is by the Mitteler Rebbe, the work is sometimes attributed to either one of the two].

In the foreword, the Mitteler Rebbe describes how "we heard from his inspired mouth, every Shabbat eve, commentaries and explanations of the sayings of the Zohar, one leaf from every portion, for several years, and it is plainly visible to all that divine inspiration rested upon him as he revealed the light of the secrets of the Torah…".

At the end of the foreword, the Mitteler Rebbe describes the method of writing and editing the book: "It is known to all students of my father's teachings that none of the writings contain anything of my own, except when explaining and clarifying in a few places where he was concise, and even that was taken from his teachings elaborated elsewhere".

Rebbe Eliezer Tzvi Safrin of Komarno writes in his preface to his commentary Damesek Eliezer on the Zohar that this was one of the books he relied upon when composing his own commentary.

[4], 139; 57 leaves. 20.5 cm. Printed in part on bluish paper. Overall good condition. Stains, including dark stains in some places, and light wear. Worming in several places, slightly affecting text. Repaired tears to title page, affecting text on both sides of leaf, with photocopy replacement. Small tears, to several leaves. Fine new leather binding.

Siddur Im Dach – Arizal-rite siddur, with commentary, Part II, prayers for Shabbat and festivals, and Passover Haggadah, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya. [Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, 1864 – copy lacking title page and one other leaf in middle].

Part II of Siddur Im Dach, with commentary on Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, festivals and more. Zhitomir edition, published by two grandsons of the Baal HaTanya – R. Shneur son of R. Menachem Nachum of Nizhyn (son-in-law of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch) and R. Refael Mordechai son of R. Baruch Shmuel (son-in-law of R. Hillel of Paritch).

Holy Names are given a kabbalistic vocalization in some places in this edition, a change reputedly criticized by the Tzemach Tzedek for not being accessible to all.

2-62; 94 leaves. Title page and leaf 17 of second sequence lacking. Wide margins. 26.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Creases and wear. Tears and worming to margins of first and last leaves. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves, some repaired with paper, affecting text (about half of leaves 93-94 at the end of the volume are torn and lacking). Inscriptions and stamps. Loose leaves and gatherings. Original leather binding, with wear and defects.

Collection of books by Sighet rebbes: Rebbe Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and his son Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Atzei Chaim.

• Kedushat Yom Tov, Part I on the Torah and Part II on Rosh Hashanah and festivals, by Rebbe Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet. Sighet, 1905. First edition. Both parts in one volume; divisional title page for Part II. Stamp and signature.

• Kedushat Yom Tov, Part I on the Torah and Part II on Rosh Hashanah and festivals, by Rebbe Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet. Brooklyn, New York, 1947. Both parts in one volume; half-title for Part I and divisional title page for Part II. Facsimile of Sighet 1905 edition.

• Atzei Chaim, Part I – responsa, and Part II – laws of mikvaot. Sighet, [1939]. Two parts in one volume; divisional title page for each part. Introduction of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet (1912-1944; perished in the Holocaust), in praise of his father, the author.

In Elul 1939 (the year the book was printed), the present copy was given as a gift to R. Menachem Mendel Eckstein by the directors of the New York office of the Atzei Chaim yeshiva. On the endpaper is a dedication from the yeshiva's directors: "For an eternal remembrance, from the office of the holy yeshiva Atzei Chaim, Sighet, in New York City, to R. Menachem Mendel Eckstein, rabbi in Cleveland, Ohio, who was a dear and faithful friend to the Rebbe, author of this book"; under this dedication appear two official stamps of the yeshiva.

The recipient of the book, R. Menachem Mendel Eckstein (1884-1946), disciple of the Arugat HaBosem of Khust and intimate associate of the Rebbe of Sighet, author of Atzei Chaim. Grand-nephew of the Bnei Yissachar of Dinov. In 1904 he was appointed as lecturer in the Sighet Torah school, and was later appointed as preacher in Crasna. In 1922 he immigrated to the United States, where he was appointed rabbi of the Hungarian Etz Chaim Society in New York, and he served as secretary of the Tomchei Torah Society that supported yeshivas in Hungary, Transylvania and Slovakia. In 1926 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio and served as Rabbi of the Maramureș Bnei Yaakov Community. In the booklet Bechi Tamrurim (Tarnów, 1929), a book of eulogies for great Tzaddikim of the generation, he tells of his relationship with the Rebbe, author of our book: "I cannot refrain from mentioning here the passing away of the righteous Gaon, R. Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Sighet in the new country of Romania, to whom I was a friend and frequent visitor, and even here in the United States I received letters from him full of friendship and love – who passed away suddenly at the age of 46…".

• Atzei Chaim on Tractate Gittin, by Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Sighet. Sighet, 1939-[1940]. At the beginning of the book is a short introduction by the author's son, Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Sighet (1912-1944; perished in the Holocaust), written in Sighet on July 12, 1940, mentioning the current events immediately preceding the Holocaust: "this harshest of times, when terror and unsettlement haunt the entire world, may G-d save us, and may the merit of the holy author save us from all stumbling and sin… and we pray to the heavenly and awesome G-d to help us soon, to raise us from the dust of our poverty and lift up our honor, and bring us back as before, and for us to soon merit to see His return to His abode, comforting Zion and Jerusalem…". Many stamps of R. "Mordechai Yehudah Shlomo Zalman Vizhnitzer, Rabbi of the Orthodox community of Arad".

• Atzei Chaim on the Torah, two parts, by Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Sighet. Sighet, 1927. First edition. Both parts in one volume.

• Atzei Chaim on the festivals, by Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Sighet. Sighet, 1934. First edition.

• Imrei Chaim, three parts, by R. Chaim Aryeh Lerner, with Atzei Chaim, teachings heard from the Rebbe of Sighet (not printed in his book). Jerusalem-New York, 1958.

• Enclosed: Printed leaf, letter of Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi of Sighet (author of Berach Moshe), upon new printing of his father's Atzei Chaim on Tractate Gittin and Talmudic topics in the United States. Includes envelope for response.

7 books. Varying size and condition. New bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.

Rebbe Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Sighet, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), son and successor of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, the Yitav Lev. Disciple of his father and prominent disciple of Rebbe Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, the Divrei Chaim. He succeeded his father after the latter's passing as Rabbi of Sighet and leader of the Chassidim. Under his leadership, the Sighet Chassidut flourished and numbered thousands of followers. He was a foremost leader of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region, an uncompromising zealot and a fierce opponent of the Zionist movement.

Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Sighet, author of Atzei Chaim (1880-1926), son of Rebbe Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, author of Kedushat Yom Tov, and son-in-law of Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfert (son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). He frequented the courts of the Tzaddikim of his generation, in particular his uncles Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga of Shinova and Rebbe Baruch of Gorlitz, as well as Rebbe Yehoshua Rokeach of Belz. He was an outstanding Torah scholar, exceptionally holy and G-d-fearing. Reputedly, he never forgot anything he learned. After his father's passing in 1904, at the young age of 24, he was appointed Rabbi and Rebbe of Sighet (capital of the Maramureș county) and became known as one of the leaders of Hungarian Jewry and the country's Orthodox Bureau. He was very influential, and his opinion regarding the appointment of rabbis, dayanim and shochatim was conclusive in Hungarian Orthodox communities, especially in communities with a dominant constituency of Sighet Chassidim (Sighet was the largest and principal Chassidic court in Maramureș). His younger brother was Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar.