Sefer HaYashar by Rabbenu Tam – Vienna, 1811 – Important Ownership – Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, Rabbi ...

Sefer HaYashar by Rabbenu Tam – Vienna, 1811 – Important Ownership – Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Weisz of Svaliava, and Rabbi Yaakov Shalom Sofer of Pressburg

Sefer HaYashar, commentaries and novellae on the Talmud, by Rabbenu Yaakov son of Rabbenu Meir – Rabbenu Tam, a Tosafist. Vienna: Georg Hrashansky, [1811]. First edition, printed by R. Daniel Prostitz head of the Pressburg Beit Din, with approbations by R. Mordechai Banet and the Chatam Sofer.
Important ownership – on the final leaf (leaf 87) and in the middle of the book (leaves 8, 22 and 59), stamps of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – from the time he lived in his hometown Sighet (in his youth, after the passing of his father in 1904, before 1906): "Yoel Teitelbaum son of the late Tzadik, M. Sighet".
On the title page and other leaves, stamps of R. Yitzchak Eizik Weisz, rabbi of Svaliava and head of the Munkacs Beit Din, uncle and prime teacher of Rebbe Yosef Meir Weiss, the Imrei Yosef, first rebbe of Spinka.
At the top of the title page, ownership inscription of R. Eliezer Segal, who purchased the book from R. Kalman Segal of Pressburg, with a handwritten dedication (deleted), recording the gifting of the book to R. Yaakov Shalom son of R. Fishel Sofer of Pressburg, by the Chevrah DeBachurim of Pressburg.
Three handwritten glosses (leaves 77, 78 and 84).

R. Yaakov Shalom Sofer, rabbi of Topoltshan (Topoľčany; 1813-1851; see: HaChatam Sofer VeTalmidav, p. 235-239), close disciple of the Chatam Sofer from the age of 11 until his marriage. Born in Pressburg to R. Mordechai Efraim Fishel Sofer of Pressburg (1786-1843; leading Torah scholar in Pressburg and associate of the Chatam Sofer; father of R. Chaim Sofer, rabbi of Budapest author of Machaneh Chaim and R. Eliezer Zussman-Sofer, rabbi of Paks), he was circumcised by the Chatam Sofer. His teacher the Chatam Sofer held him in high esteem. Reputedly, on the Friday night before his passing, the Chatam Sofer appeared to R. Yaakov Shalom Sofer in a dream and offered him to join him in the Next World. He replied that it required consideration since it would be difficult for him to abandon his young children. On Motza'ei Shabbat, the dream repeated itself, at which point R. Yaakov Shalom Sofer replied that he would happily accompany his teacher. He indeed passed away the next day, after relating his dream to his brother R. Naftali Sofer. This story is alluded to in his epitaph.

R. Yitzchak Eizik Weisz (1824-1894), rabbi of Svaliava and later head of the Munkacs Beit Din, author of Beit Yitzchak. He was the prime teacher of his nephew, R. Yosef Meir Weiss, first rebbe of Spinka, author of Imrei Yosef. Born in Munkacs to R. Avraham Weisz (who was like a son to R. Yitzchak Eizik of Kaliv). R. Yitzchak Eizik Weisz was a progenitor of Chassidut in Transylvania in the mid-19th century, and the disciple of foremost rebbes: Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov author of Bnei Yissaschar, Rebbe Yehuda Tzvi of Rozdil author of Daat Kedoshim (the book was compiled by R. Yitzchak Eizik Weisz), Rebbe Shalom of Belz, Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik of Zidichov (who acclaimed him as one of the "sixty mighty men surrounding him", and relied upon him to edit his writings in Chassidut and Kabbalah). He also frequented the courts of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rebbe Chaim of Kosov, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Rimanov and Rebbe Meir of Premishlan. His son-in-law was Rebbe Elimelech Lőwy, son of the first rebbe of Tosh, R. Meshulam Feish Lőwy. The Maharshag, R. Shimon Grünfeld, rabbi of Szemihály, described R. Yitzchak Eizik: "and I knew that he was a great kabbalist, almost unique in the country in this wisdom" (Responsa Maharshag, part I, Orach Chaim section 30). From his large collection of writings, only the following were published: Toldot Yitzchak on the Torah, Divrei Yitzchak, and Beit Yitzchak on Tractate Megillah.

Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), 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 the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of 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 as a leading Torah scholar, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, 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 served as rabbi of Irshava, Karoly (Carei; from 1925), 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 groups in the world.

[3], 2-87 leaves (misfoliation). Approx. 37 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Stamps. New leather binding.