Leaf with 8 lines handwritten by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. [Brooklyn, ca. 1964].
Official stationery of the rebbe. Draft of a halachic responsum on the topic of artificial insemination, which the rebbe of Satmar analyzed at length, corresponding with several contemporary halachic authorities on the matter (see Responsa Divrei Yoel, II, Even HaEzer, sections 107-110).
The contents of this draft were published (with textual variations) in Responsa Divrei Yoel, mostly in responsum 107 (see enclosed material).
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks.

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Two handwritten booklets, sermons and lectures by R. Yaakov Yechezkiya Grünwald Rabbi of Pupa (Pápa), author of VaYaged Yaakov. Pupa, 1938-1939.
Sermons and lectures heard from the VaYaged Yaakov and recorded by one of his students in Pupa (whose identity is not known to us). The first booklet is dated 1938, and contains brief lectures and stories which the rebbe told during the meals on Shabbat, Purim and Sheva Brachot, including anecdotes and practices in the name of Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz and other Chassidic leaders. Most of the manuscript remains unpublished, yet a small part was printed with textual variations in VaYaged Yaakov. The second booklet is dated 1939, and contains two sermons for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These sermons, replete with worry and fear of the war, were printed with slight textual variations in VaYaged Yaakov.
R. Yaakov Yechizkiya Grünwald, author of VaYaged Yaakov (1882-1941), prominent Hungarian rabbi. He served as rabbi of Tzeilem and Pupa, where he also led a large yeshiva. Son and close disciple of R. Moshe Grünwald author of Arugat HaBosem Rabbi of Khust. He frequented the courts of Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam Rabbi of Shinova, Rebbe Yissachar Dov Rokeach Rabbi of Belz and his son R. Aharon Rokeach Rabbi of Belz.
Two booklets. Various lectures and sermons: 16 pages. Sermons for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: [5] leaves (and [3] blank leaves). 23 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. New bindings.

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Halachic letter from R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald Rabbi of Tzeilem and two drafts of a responsum letter from R. Yosef Rosen Rabbi of Passaic:
• Lengthy responsum letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald Rabbi of the Arugat HaBosem congregation, sent to R. Yosef Rosen Rabbi of Passaic (New Jersey), with questions on the halachic validity of the mikvah in Monticello (a village in the Catskills, NY), which was build following R. Rosen's instructions. Brooklyn NY, [26th Tishrei] 1939.
• Two drafts of a response letter to the aforementioned letter, handwritten by R. Yosef Rosen (without his signatures). Passaic NJ, 13th and 17th Cheshvan 1939.
R. Yosef Rosen (1865-1954), leading rabbi in the United States. A student of prominent Lithuanian yeshivot, he served as chief rabbi of Passaic NJ since 1926.
R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald (1893-1980), outstanding Torah scholar and holy man. Youngest son and close disciple of R. Moshe Grünwald Rabbi of Khust, the Arugat HaBosem. Served as rabbi of various Hungarian communities, and later of Tzeilem (Deutschkreutz, Austria). In 1938, he settled in Brooklyn, where he founded and headed the Arugat HaBosem community. He campaigned for true Torah observance in the United States, especially on matters of kashrut and purity, and was at the forefront of the establishment of Torah and Chassidut in the United States.
3 leaves (comprising close to 6 written pages), official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and minor tears.

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Orden de Roshasanah y Kipur, machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, with selichot, translated into Spanish. [Dordrecht (the Netherlands)]: [P. Verhagen] for Yahacob Israel, [1584].
This machzor edition is considered the first prayer book printed in the Netherlands for the Sephardic Jews who settled there (the first part of this machzor, for the three festivals, was printed two months prior). At that time, Jewish settlement in the Netherlands was still in its infancy, and the Amsterdam Jewish community had not yet been founded.
The colophon on the final page, lacking in the present copy, states Mainz (Maguntia) as place of printing (based on this colophon, this machzor is known as "Machzor Maguntia"). The place of printing was presumably forged to mislead the Christian censorship, and the machzor was actually printed in Dordrecht in the P. Verhagen press.
Censorship deletions in several places. Inscriptions on title page and endpapers.
24, 33-326 leaves. Lacking leaves 25-32, and final leaf (altogether 9 leaves, replaced with blank leaves). 14 cm. Colored edges. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Open tear to title page, affecting border, repaired with paper. Minor open tears to several other leaves. Early leather binding, with gilt decorations on spine.

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