[Photos below.] On the first day of Shavuos, a hachnosas Sefer Torah of a Sefer Torah used by the Divrei Chaimof Sanz, the founder of the Sanz dynasty, and later by his oldest son, the Shinever Rov, was held. The Sefer Torah was recently purchased by Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum of Satmar, a descendant of the Divrei Chaim, from other descendants of the Divrei Chaim who had inherited it from their forefathers.
The Sefer Torah was sold by Rabbis Mosheh and Chaim Yitzchak David Jeruchem, who inherited the Sefer Torah.
The hachnosas Sefer Torah took place on the first day of Shavuos after Shacharis. The Sefer Torah was used for Krias HaTorah and Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum received an aliyah in the special Sefer Torah.
Many of today's chassidishe rabbinical families trace back to Rav Chaim Halberstam zt''l (1793-1876), revered Sanzer Rav and author of the Divrei Chaim.
The Divrei Chaim had fourteen children. The two youngest sons survived into their nineties and were murdered in the Holocaust. Miraculously, a few religious items that belonged to the Divrei Chaim survived the Holocaust and are priceless. They include a Sefer Torah, a Sefer Torah crown, a kiddush cup, and some other singular items.
The Jeruchem brothers who were in possession of the Sefer Torah sold it to Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum several weeks ago.
See below for photos taken on Shavuos, at the hachnosas Sefer Torah, by a non-Jew, Stefano Giavonnini:
{Shmiel Gellman-Matzav.com Newscenter}
Brooklyn, NY - In a historic event, a Torah written in the 1800's, owned by a noted hasidic rabbi and passed down to his descendants for six generations will be brought to the Satmar synagogue at 152 Rodney Street on Wednesday June 8th. The procession, will take place from 12 noon to 3 PM, and will begin at 550 Bedford Avenue.
Thousands attend this event.
The Torah which belonged to Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, the Sanzer Rebbe, is of great historical value not only because of its age but also because many of today's Hasidic leaders are direct descendants of the Sanzer Rebbe. It was bought by a Williamsburg philanthropist for the sum of $500,000 in honor of the Satmar Rebbe, himself a descendant of the Sanzer Rebbe.
After being used in the synagogue on the holiday of Shavuos, it will be stored at an undisclosed secure location.
