Handwritten Novellae on Tractate Pesachim by the Chasam Sofer. Pressburg, 1821.
Complete Kuntress of Torah Novellae!
Handwritten Torah novellae on maseches Pesachim by the venerable Harav Moshe Sofer, Av
Beis Din of Pressburg and author of Chasam Sofer.
9 handwritten double-sided leaves + 1 (20 sides).
9 leaves (18 sides) = Handwritten Torah novellae on maseches Pesachim by the Chasam Sofer.
+ 1 = On the top of the last leaf, the Chasam Sofer inscribed 3 lines followed by the oldest of the Chasam Sofer’s manuscripts: A copy of Rabbeinu Tam’s writings on Sefer Hayashar, reviewed and edited by the Chasam Sofer.[T1]
The Chasam Sofer
“When Hakadosh Baruch Hu beheld the danger hovering upon the Jewish people, He dispatched a heavenly angel, the Chasam Sofer zy”a, who taught Torah and spread purity among Yisrael and cultivated thousands of disciples. Today, the vast majority of European Torah derives from his students, and his students’ students. (Hagaon Harav Zalman Spitzer, Tikkun Shlomo p. 108a).
“These novellae were printed in Chiddushei HaChasam Sofer on Maseches Pesachim (Jerusalem, 1893), and later in a subsequent edition which was edited and proofread based on this manuscript.
Light green paper. Page size 23×20 cm. Good condition. Attractive binding.
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The Segulah of the Chasam Sofer’s Handwriting
The Chasam Sofer’s descendants affirm that any handwritten legacy of their revered ancestor is auspicious for protection from any trial or tribulation. Whenever his son Harav Shimon Sofer, Av Beis Din of Cracow, faced the Austrian Parliament, he would take his father’s writings with him.
Maharam Banet likewise expressed that a mere glance at the sacred writing of the Chasam Sofer is a segulah for fear of heaven. It is told that Maharam Banet once received a written responsa from the Chasam Sofer and devoted extra time to reading and analyzing it. When his students asked if the letter perplexed him, he replied, “No, but I am delving into this responsa, as the mere sight of his sacred handwriting increases fear of heaven.”
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