Rosh Amanah, principles of faith, by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. Altona: Moshe son of Mendel Bonn Segal, [1770].

On title page and verso of last leaf, stamps: "Yoel Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Irshava and the region". We surmise that these stamps were made and stamped on the books at a later date than his rabbinic tenure in Irshava – see Kedem, Auction 99, 5 November 2024, Lot 185.

Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), author of Divrei Yoel, a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of Rebbe Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah, the Yitav Lev, 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 for his acumen and intelligence, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After his marriage to the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Polaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers. He later served as Rabbi of Irshava (1911-1915, 1922-1926), Karoly (Carei; from 1926) and Satmar (Satu Mare; from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. During the Holocaust, he was rescued through the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he established one of the largest Chassidic communities in the world.

At top of title page, old ownership inscription, partially deleted; at bottom of title page, signature: "Eliezer son of R. Shlomo Zalkind" [mentioned in a list of officials of Vilna in the 18th century – see Fuenn, Kiryah Ne'emanah, p. 113].

[3], 1-25, 29-35, [1] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Marginal tear on title page, repaired with tape. Stamp. New leather binding.