Chidushei Torah in the Holy Handwriting of the Kesav Sofer, 2 written sides on Large Folio – Pressburg 5622-1862
Chidushim on the halachos of shechitah in Maseches Chulin, in the handwriting of Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (1815-1873), Rabbi of Pressburg and author of the sefer Kesav Sofer. Son of the Holy Chassam Sofer.
The manuscript is printed in Kesav Sofer on Chulin, pages 119-122.
The Gaon Rabbi Abraham Samuel Binyamin Sofer, Chief Rabbi of Pressburg, author of Ktav Sofer, Zi”a (1815-1873)
In the final days of the Chatam Sofer, when his illness worsened, he placed his hands on the head of his son, the Ktav Sofer, and blessed him on accepting the rabbinate in Pressburg, saying: "Your grandfather Rabbi Akiva is on your right, your grandfather Maharshach is on your left, and a certain angel is above your head, and I too will come after you and fulfill your words." The Ktav Sofer recounted that the Chatam Sofer’s hands were on his head at that time, like a blazing fire.
At just 24 years old, he sat on the great chair of his father in the Pressburg rabbinate and leadership of the exalted yeshiva. From the very beginning of his leadership, everyone saw that he was worthy to sit on his father’s chair. During his time, the yeshiva grew, and he merited to raise thousands of Talmidim, to the extent that it can be said that most of the rabbis of Hungary in the following generation were counted among those who attended his study hall.
His brother, the Genius Rabbi Shimon Sofer, Chief Rabbi of Krakow and author of the Responsa Michtav Sofer, writes about him in his introduction to the Responsa Ktav Sofer: "He filled our father’s place completely, and did not deviate at all from his path… His radiance hovered over him all day, his holy spirit was within him, and the hand of God was known in all his deeds, for Moses had laid his hands upon him, and all his qualities were from the contributions of our father’s qualities, his Torah, his righteousness, his humility, and his manner of leadership."
[Pressburg, not dated]. One large folio written on both sides. Good condition, small tears with a few letters missing filled with paper filling. New decorative leather binding.
Special Segula
The Daas Sofer would give a segulah for a remedy, to put a manuscript written by the Kesav Sofer under an ill patient’s head.
