Auction 61
Lot 15:
Sefer Tzemach Tzedek, Piskei Dinim on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah, section I, by the Admor the holy Gaon Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, also known as the Tzemach Tzedek after this book.
Published by Kehat, Germany [Munich], 1949. Section I: Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah. [3], 286 leaves. No spine. Sheets in varied colors. Minor water stains. Good overall condition.
On the flyleaf, ownership stamps of Gaon Av Beit Din Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund.
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund was born in 1904, son of Rabbi Yisrael the av Beit Din of Honiad. As a young Avrech before the Holocaust, he served as Rav in Nasoid and Ragna, and then he moved to Satmar, where he served as Dayan and Rosh Yeshiva under Rabbi Yoel of Satmar.
After the war, he became famous for his strength in releasing agunot and many came to him to receive permission to marry. A number of years after the war he immigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where many Satmar Chassidim followed him and accepted him as their leader. The Satmar Rebbe appointed him head of the Satmar yeshiva, which he led for around 40 years. In 1987 he was appointed Gaon Av Beit Din of the Eida Charedit, where he served until his passing in 1996.
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