Lot 273
Manuscript – Copy of a Responsum by the Chatam Sofer to Rabbi David Deutsch – Unpublished Section
Manuscript, copy of a responsum letter from R. Moshe Sofer Rabbi of Pressburg – the Chatam Sofer, to R. David Deutsch Rabbi of Ir-Chadash (Nowe Miasto), written in Tevet 1831.
Marked "copy" at the top of the leaf. The Chatam Sofer responds to a question which R. David Deutsch wrote to him in the name of R. Zalman Emmerich, on a contradiction between topics in tractates Shevuot and Menachot. The responsum was published in Responsa Chatam Sofer, Orach Chaim section 174, yet with the omission of 3 lines from the text of the question, which were included in the present copy.
The recipient of the letter, R. David Deutsch (1757-1831), author of Ohel David and rabbi of Nowe Miasto. A prominent Torah scholar in his times. Disciple of the Noda BiYehuda. He exchanged halachic correspondence with the Chatam Sofer, with whom he entertained close ties.
[1] double leaf (3 written pages). 23 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
