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Responsa Machaneh Chaim – Dedication of the Author Rabbi Chaim Sofer, Prominent Disciple of the Chatam Sofer
Responsa Machaneh Chaim, Orach Chaim – Part II, by R. Chaim Sofer, Rabbi of Munkacs (Mukachevo). Munkacs: Pinchas Blayer, 1871. First edition of vol. II of the Responsa Machaneh Chaim series.
At the top of the title page is a dedication (cut off) handwritten and signed by the author, who gave the book as a wedding present to one of the students of his yeshiva, R. Meir Moskowitz. On the front endpaper is a handwritten self-dedication by the recipient of the book. Inscriptions in another hand about R. Meir Moskowitz.
R. Chaim Sofer (1821-1886), Rabbi of Munkacs and Budapest, prominent Hungarian Torah scholar. Leading disciple of the Chatam Sofer in the latter's final years, and later studied under Maharam Ash.
[7], 54, [1] leaves. 33 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear and creases. Stamps. New leather binding.
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