Auction 32
Lot 218:
A leaf of paper written on both sides by Rabbeinu Moshe Sofer of Pressburg, the Chatam Sofer. Includes chiddushei Torah as appears in his handwriting at the top of the page: “B’ezrat Hashem Sugy’ Bal Tosif”. Long lines handwritten by one of the leaders of Ashkenaz Jewry, pilpul and harifut as was his method. [printed later in Chatam Sofer Sugiyot, Jerusalem 1891, Sugya 18, leaf 33, page 1, begins “Mishum d’Yotzeh Afilu b’Lo Chavana”, ends with the paragraph “Od Heksheh…v’Kivan d’Mishichachta Li”]/ Size: 19.5x23cm. Light stains, overall good condition.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by the expert Rabbi Yitzhak Yeshayahu Weiss, rabbi and Av Beit Din of Achiezer Bnei Brak.
Regarding the holiness of the Chatam Sofer’s handwriting: It is accepted in the name of Rabbi Mordechai Bennett of Nicklasburg, a friend and colleague of the Chatam Sofer, that he would review the halachic tshuvot of the Chatam Sofer a number of times, not because he didn’t understand, but because looking at the handwriting of the sage is a segula for yirat shamayim. Also mentioned by Rabbi Yoel of Satmar and Rabbi Yosef Naftali Stern.
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