Arba Minim and Hoshanot of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – Given by His Attendant R. Yosel Ashkenazi

Arba Minim and Hoshanot of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – Given by His Attendant R. Yosel Ashkenazi

Complete set of Arba Minim (four species) and Hoshanot used by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum on Sukkot.
Lulav, hadassim and aravot – placed in a koishikel (woven palm-leaf holder); etrog; and aravot from the Hoshanot of Hoshana Rabba.
Letter of authenticity signed by R. Leib Friedman enclosed: "Arba Minim (lulav, hadassim and aravot with the holder) used by the rebbe of Satmar. Additionally enclosed are rebbe's aravot from Hoshana Rabba. I received the Arba Minim and Hoshanot from the rebbe's attendant R. Yosel Ashkenazi" (Hebrew).
R. Efraim Yosef Dov son of R. Meshulam Shraga Feivish Ashkenazi (R. Yosel; 1911-2002), attendant and confidant of the rebbe of Satmar for close to sixty years, and his close assistant on all communal matters.

Arba Minim and Hoshanot, dry and brittle, placed in plastic case. Hadassim and aravot leaves disintegrated.

The Holiness of Items of Tzaddikim - In the Teachings of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar

In his writings, Rebbe Yoel of Satmar repeatedly relates to the holiness contained in the possessions of a Tzaddik; and conversely to the prohibition of benefitting from the money of the wicked, warning not to accept funding from the Zionist state and the like.

In several places in his book Divrei Yoel on the Torah, the Rebbe describes the tremendous virtue of the belongings of the Tzaddik, which have the power to endow holiness for generations, since the "sparks of holiness" endure in them. Based on this concept, the Rebbe explains Yosef's influence on the Egyptians, who were sustained from his produce during the famine and drew from it "spiritual vibrancy": "…the property of Tzaddikim has the power to impart spiritual vibrancy…" (Divrei Yoel, Shemot, p. 33). Regarding the "aspect of holiness" contained in the belongings of Tzaddikim from "the root of their soul", he writes: "The possessions of Tzaddikim are precious to them… since they contain an aspect of the root of their soul… as they are particular not to steal…" (Divrei Yoel, Vayetze, p. 92).