Segulah! Handwritten by the great Chasam Sofer, Hataka of the Polemic Sefer Mitpachas Sofer by the ...

Segulah! Handwritten by the great Chasam Sofer, Hataka of the Polemic Sefer Mitpachas Sofer by the Ya'avitz.

Handwritten by the great Chasam Sofer in his younger years, when he was less then 30 years old!

The Chasam sofer rewrote 3 pages of the first edition Mitpachas Sofrim. Please see attached pictures of those pages in the first edition.

Please see lot no. 64, which we have now up for auction the first edition Mitpachas Sofer, Altona, 1768.

The Chasam Sofer was a passionate admirer of the Yaabetz who referred to him as the “Greatest of Achronim” (Shu”t Chasam Sofer Yoreh Deah Ch. 264).

Rabbi Mordechai Banet, the famous Rabbi of Nikolsburg, gazed for a long time at the handwritten letter he received from the Chassam Sofer, and said that just looking at his handwriting is a segula to acquire Yiras Shamayim. Many stories are told of the power of the Chasam Sofer’s manuscripts and it is said that his son Rabbi Shimon Sofer of Krakow would look at his father’s manuscripts when having to make difficult decisions, as a member of the Austrian parliament.

Rabbi Moshe Sofer (1763-1840), born in Frankfurt, where he studied Torah under its great rabbis, becoming a favoured and outstanding disciple of Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Chasid, Rabbi Nassan Adler, Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz and others. Son-in-law of I. Rabbi Moshe Yerwitz of Prosnitz and II. Rabbi Akiva Eger of Posen. Rosh Yeshiva in Prosnitz, and Rabbi of Dreznitz (1794), Mattersdorf (1799) and Pressburg (1807), heading a large Yeshiva and gradually becoming accepted and revered as the greatest European rabbinic leader of his time, whose teachings have been preserved by his family and his numerous disciples and their descendants. His Torah rulings and teachings continue to guide orthodox Jewish life and his spirit lives on to the present day. Author of voluminous writings in all sectors of Torah, including Tshuvos Chassam Sofer, Chassam Sofer on Shas and Torah, amongst other works.

Rabbi Schmerel Zitronenbaum, the known manuscript expert authenticated that over 6 sides are 100% written by the Chasam Sofer in his younger years. In the middle there are 1 side and another 2/3 written by someone else.

Total of 4 leaves, 8 sides.

Size: 21 x 16.5 cm

Condition: Excellent condition.