Auction 38

Rare foundational work: Kesset HaSofer by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, with approbation of the Chatam Sofer. First edition, Offen, 1835.

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“Laws of writing Sefer Torah, tefillin, and mezuzot and megillat esther, and correcting them, collected and edited together by [Rabbi] Shlomo…Ganzfried…of Ungvar. Put together with individual writings from the respected rabbi the gaon Rabbi Moshe Sofer Av Beit Din of Pressburg… [the Chatam Sofer]”. This is a foundational work of halachot Stam by the author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, with an approbation by the Chatam Sofer (who writes that he would not allow any scribe to undertake to write if he was not proficient in this book, and adds: “I therefore order that anyone who must listen to my psak must own this book…”). First edition in ‘Offen’ (today Budapest), 1835. Stefanski Sifrei Yesod 208. [2], 32 leaves. Stains. No binding, lone moth holes. A number of pages are partially detached. Overall good condition.