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Autograph by Rabbi Shimon Weiner "the foremost talmid of the Chasam Sofer" & His Grandson Rabbi Shlomo Zalman ...
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Autograph by Rabbi Shimon Weiner "the foremost talmid of the Chasam Sofer" & His Grandson Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Breuer on Haflaa First Edition
Autograph by Rabbi Shimon Weiner "the foremost talmid of the Chasam Sofer" & His Grandson Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Breuer on Haflaa First Edition
Haflaa – First Edition Published in the Author's Lifetime – Ketubah – Offenbach, 1787
R. Pinchas HaLevi Ish Horowitz, the Haflaa (1731-1805), rabbi of Frankfurt am Main, then the Torah center of Germany. He was the prime teacher of the Chatam Sofer and a prolific author, revered by all Torah leaders of his times.
Harav Shimon Weiner (1769-1871), Av Beis Din of Leshbrin, was born in Mattersdorf and was the foremost talmid of the Chasam Sofer in Hungary, after the Chasam Sofer accepted the post of Rav in Mattersdorf in 1798. Harav Shimon likewise studied by the Maharam Banet in Nikolsburg, receiving semichah from both his mentors.
In a letter of approbation recommending him to the Rabbinate of Leshbrin, the Chasam Sofer inscribed, “My prime disciple…Fortunate is the community where he shall preside…and Hashem is with him…” Harav Shimon Weiner passed away at the age of 102. Some of his writings were published at the end of his grandson’s sefer Divrei Yosef under the title Avnei Nezer.
Harav Shlomo Zalman Breuer (1850-1926) was the son-in-law and successor of Harav Samson Rafael Hirsch as Rav in Frankfurt. Raised in the midst of his venerable grandfather, the abovementioned Harav Shimon Weiner.
