Shabbat Shuva Drasha [Sermon] in the Holy Handwriting of Our Rabbi and Illuminator of Israel: the "Chatam Sofer" ztz"l.

Shabbat Shuva Drasha [Sermon] in the Holy Handwriting of Our Rabbi and Illuminator of Israel: the "Chatam Sofer" ztz"l.
Dresnitz 1796. The place of the Chatam Sofer's first rabbinical tenure as rabbi.

An extremely important, complete and beautiful booklet, dealing with halakhic issues in Tractate Yoma on the interdiction of eating on Yom Kippur.

9 leaves (17 pages) of Torah novella his holy hand, from the year 1796.

Size: 25 cm. 18.5 cm.

Rabbi Moshe Sofer, known as the 'Chatam Sofer' wrote the wonderful teachings before us specially for his Shabbat Shuva sermon. He was about 32 years old at the time, and in his first position as rabbi of Dresnitz.

In the beginning, the 'Chatam Sofer' refused to accept the position of rabbi, but due to lack of livelihood he accepted a rabbinical position in 1794 in the town of Dresnitz in Moravia. According to the regulations of Mähren (Moravia), at that time it was not possible to serve as a rabbi without having a letter of rabbinic ordination from the official rabbinate of Moravia. The 'Chatam Sofer', who only had private ordination from Rabbi Adler, requested a letter of ordination from the Chief Rabbi of Moravia, Rabbi Mordechai Bennett. His requested was granted, and he received this ordination at the beginning of the year 1804.

Rabbi Moshe Sofer was born on the 7th of Tishrei 1863 and died on the 25th of Tishrei 1810. He was known as the 'Chatam Sofer' after his book 'Chidushei Torat Moshe'. He served as Rosh Yeshiva and was one of the greatest rabbis and Halakhic authorities in recent generations. His contribution to the formation of religious thought amongst Torah-observant Jews was critical. He was the father of the eminent Sofer-Schreiber family, which counts numerous famous rabbis and Torah scholars amongst its descendants.

At the age of six, the young 'Chatam Sofer' began to study Torah with Rabbi Meshullam Zalman Hassid, and at the age of seven had already had innovative insights into the Torah. When he was 9 years old, he studied at the yeshiva of Rabbi Natan Adler in Frankfurt, who is considered to be his rabbi, and even served as a fatherly figure to him. At the age of 13 he was already giving sermons in matters of Jewish law.

The 'Chatam Sofer' also studied with Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz, author of Sefer Hafla'ah, as well as with Rabbi Tewele Scheuer in Mainz. In addition to studying Torah he also studied mathematics, astronomy and general history with Rabbi Tewele Scheuer.

The booklet is an absolutely unparalleled manuscript, the only copy of these Torah novella, written in the sacred handwriting of the 'Chatam Sofer' himself, and never printed!