Siddur and Tehillim of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar – Siddur Derech Yeshara – Amsterdam, 1748

Derech Yeshara – Year-round siddur, according to Ashkenazi rite (Polish rite), including laws and customs, prayers and blessings for various occasions, Selichot, Passover Haggadah, Tikunei Shabbat, Perek Shira, Vidui HaGadol, Keter Malchut, Tehillim, Maamadot and supplications (in Yiddish), with Yiddish commentary, by R. Yechiel Michel Epstein. Amsterdam, 1748. Two title pages, the first one illustrated. Separate title page for the book of Tehillim.
Many stamps of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, from his tenure as rabbi of Irshava [prior to 1925]: "Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Irshava and the region". Early signature at the top of the title page: "Hertz Schick".
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region.
He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karaly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. After his escape from the Holocaust, he reached America and established the Satmar Chassidic community – the largest Chassidic community in the world. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and was a leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world.
Copy lacking 3 leaves. [5], 168, 170-194, 127, [2] handwritten leaves, 129-131, 17 leaves; [1], 2-8 leaves (originally: [5], 194, 131, 17; [1], 2-9 leaves – lacking 3 leaves: leaf 169 from the first pagination, leaf 128 from the second pagination [replaced in handwriting over two leaves] and final leaf). 23 cm. Condition varies, good to fair. Stains and wear. Signs of use. Minor worming in several places. Tears and damage (repaired). Tear to title page, with slight damage to illustration, repaired. Tears affecting text of over 20 leaves in various places (mostly repaired with paper), ranging from damage to a few words to loss of approximately half a page in one leaf. In 8 such leaves, the lacking text was replaced by hand. A few leaves trimmed close to headings. Stamps. New, elegant leather binding, with embossing.