Complete pamphlet – [title page plus 8-sides] all written by the holy hand of the Ksav Sofer, Harav Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, Av Beis Din and Rosh Yeshivah in Pressburg.
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Ksav Sofer Harav Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (1815-1873) succeeded his venerable father the Chasam Sofer as Av Beis Din and Rosh Yeshivah in Pressburg and perpetuated his sacred legacy in Torah.
“ He filled our fathers position to its fullest , and did not veer at all from his path and legacy, the Hand of Hashem was evident in all his ways…for Moshe [the Chasam Sofer] laid his hands upon him [to ordain him], and all his attributes are similar to the attributes of our father — his Torah, righteousness, humility and leadership.” [His brother, Harav Shimon Sofer, Ab"d Cracow in his introduction to Shu”t Ksav Sofer.]
When he was all of 24 years old, his father appointed him to be his successor as Rav and Rosh Yeshivah in Pressburg, a position he filled famously for the next 33 years. During the era of the Ksav Sofer, the celebrated Pressburg Yeshivah expanded and flourished, and he established legions of talmidim — thousands of outstanding Torah scholars who followed the sacred path of the Chasam Sofer and were the spiritual pillars of Jewish Hungary.
Pressburg, 1862 [4] handwritten, double-sided leaves; 8 sides plus title page. Good condition. Well-preserved in an ornate leather case.
The first printing of these novellae in Chiddushei Ksav Sofer on Maseches Ksubos (Jerusalem, 1973) was based on this manuscript.
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From Father to Son…
During the Chasam Sofer’s final days, he placed his hands on the Ksav Sofer’s head and blessed him upon his acceptance of the Rabbanus in Pressburg:
“Your grandfather Rabbi Akiva (Eiger) is on your right side. Your grandfather the Maharshashach is on your left side. An angel is above you, and I will also follow you to fulfill your word”. The Ksav Sofer related that, during those moments, his father’s hands were like a blazing fire on his head.
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