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A long historical letter from the Mattersdorfer Rav - in which he writes about the actions of his elder the Chasam Sofer against the Na'elagen - mentions the Ya'itev Lev from Siget - New York 1949 - A long historical letter from the Mattersdorfer Rav - in which he writes about the actions of his elder the Chasam Sofer against the Na'elagen - mentions the  Ya'itev Lev from Siget - New York 1949 Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld (Yiddish: שמואל עהרענפעלד‎, 1891–1980), known as the Mattersdorfer Rav, was a pre-eminent Orthodox Jewish rabbi in pre-war Austria and a respected Torah leader and community builder in post-war America. He established Yeshivas Chasan Sofer in New York City and taught thousands of students who went on to become leaders of American Torah Jewry.[1] He also founded the neighborhood of Kiryat Mattersdorf in Jerusalem, where his son and grandson became prominent Torah educators. He was the great-great-grandson of the Chasam Sofer through the Chasam Sofer's daughter Hindel, who married Rabbi Dovid Tzvi Ehrenfeld.