Shemen Rokeach – Satmar, 1909 – Stamps of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum's First Beit Midrash in Satmar and Signatures of ...

Shemen Rokeach – Satmar, 1909 – Stamps of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum's First Beit Midrash in Satmar and Signatures of the Rebbe's Disciples

Responsa Shemen Rokeach, Part I, on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, by R. Elazar Lev. [Seini, Satmar region: Jacov Wieder, 1909.]

Copy of the first Chassidic Beit Midrash established by the young Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum in Satmar (ca. 1906). Many stamps, including later stamps, after his appointment as rabbi of Satmar in 1934.

Shortly before Rosh Hashanah 1905, about a year and a half after his marriage, Rebbe Yoel left his hometown Sighet for the nearby Satmar. For the High Holiday prayers, a small Chassidic Minyan gathered in his new house. Immediately after coming to the city, Rebbe Yoel opened a small Beit Midrash, and a small group of young followers of his father, the Kedushat Yom Tov (as well as some Sanz-Shinova Chassidim in the city), charmed by his outstanding righteousness and learning, began to consolidate around him. The primary supporter of Rebbe Yoel and his Beit Midrash was the famous Chassidic philanthropist R. Chaim Freund, owner of a large textile factory. In 1911, Rebbe Yoel went to serve as Rabbi in Irshava, and in 1926 he went to serve as Rabbi in Carei. For over twenty years, his followers in Satmar maintained his Beit Midrash in the city, until they managed to recall him in 1934 to serve as Rabbi of Satmar.

Handwritten glosses on the margins of some pages.

On the endpaper and margins of some other pages, signatures of some of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar's students: R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Schwartz, one of the Satmar Rebbe's earlier disciples, author of HaMeazreni Chayil and director of the Satmar Yitav Lev institutions in Jerusalem; Avraham Simchah Halpert of Khust; Yaakov Glickman; Anshel Stern; Yaakov Stern; Meir Chaim; Aharon Friedman; Aharon Waldman (also in Latin characters: Valdman Aron); and others.

[2], 104, [1] leaves. Missing leaf [3] at the beginning of the book and five final leaves (pre-subscribers). Approx. 30 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases and wear. Tears and worming, lightly affecting text. Bottom third of the title page is torn and missing, affecting the frame and text (also on the reverse side). Reinforced with paper. Inscriptions and stamps. New leather binding.