Auction 6
Genazym 6 Prime selection of historical Jewish Antiques
Jan 21, 2020
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Israel
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Original Government Document Signed by the Yetev Lev; Sighet, 1882
Legal document signed by the Admor Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum - The Yitav Lev.
Sighet, 1882.
The document regards a member of the Admor’s community that needed the Admor’s signature as required by law.
This official document includes foreign stamps and seals and is written entirely in foreign language, as is the Admor’s signature.
Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (1808 - 1883), known as the Yitav Lev, was the patriarch of the grand Sighet dynasty. He was the son of Rabbi Eliezer Nissan, Av Beis Din of Drohobycz, son of the Yismach Moshe. A well-versed Halachic authority, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda acquired much of his Torah learning from his grandfather, the Yismach Moshe, and succeeded his position in 1841.From 1858, he served as Av Beis Din of Sighet and established a Yeshiva Gedola there. He began leading as Admor in Sighet attracting thousands of followers who flocked to him from across the length and breadth of the country. His novellae are published in the sefarim Yitav Lev, Yitav Panim, Rav Tuv, and Avnei Tzedek Responsa.
33 x 21 cm | Brittle paper
