Lot 243
Birth Certificate Signed by the Maharam Schick
Birth certificate in German, signed by Rabbi Moshe Schick. Sankt Georgen; Szentgyörgy; today Slovakia, 1858. On the document is the signature of Maharam Schick in German in his handwriting, and with his official wax seal, with an illustration of the Tablets of Law in the center. The renowned Torah prodigy Rabbi Moshe Schick – Maharam Schick (1807-1879, Otzar HaRabbanim 15194), illustrious Torah scholar of his times and leader of Hungarian Jewry. At age 14, he entered the Yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer and soon thereafter became one of his most prominent disciples. Served in rabbinate of Sankt Georgen adjacent to Pressburg, and later until his death, served as rabbi of Khust, in which he founded a yeshiva whose disciples developed into eminent rabbis. He left an immense Torah legacy, including responsa, homiletics, novellae on the Talmud and on the 613 mitzvot, etc. Rabbi Shick was among the great adversaries of the reform movement. Leaf, 34 cm. Good condition, folding marks, few stains and tears.
