Subasta 52 Tiferet 52 - winter 2024 Auction
Por Tiferet Auctions
14.1.24
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Israel

A special auction of rare items:

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more. 

La subasta ha concluído

LOTE 18:

Letter by the Great Gaon the Chashav Sofer of Pressburg

Vendido por: $800 (₪2 960)
₪2 960
Precio inicial:
$ 800
Precio estimado :
$1 200 - $1 500
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 25%
IVA: 18% IVA sólo en comisión
14.1.24 en Tiferet Auctions

Letter by the Great Gaon the Chashav Sofer of Pressburg

Letter dealing with building the boarding school by the famed Pressburg Yeshiva, by the great Gaon Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyomin Sofer, author of the Chashav Sofer, from the year he was Rav of Pressburg before the World War. 


The letter was sent to the philanthropist Rabbi Meir Braun, typewritten and signed by the Chashav Sofer in 1938, describing the re-establishment of the yeshiva and the direct connection between his yeshiva and that of the Chasam Sofer. 

The letter is on fine stationery of the Yeshiva, with pictures of Maran the Chasam Sofer, his son the Ksav Sofer and his grandson, the Shevet Sofer.


The Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyomin Sofer author of the Chashav Sofer [1902-1962] the son and successor of Maran the great Gaon Rabbi Akiva Sofer the son of the famed holy Gaon the Shevet Sofer the son of the holy Gaon the Ksav Sofer the son and successor of Maran the Chasam Sofer. The Chashav Sofer established the Pressburg Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel. He succeeded his father as Rosh Yeshiva, as Rav of Pressburg and was also a member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and the president of Kollel Shomrei HaChomos. Passed away several years after his father's passing.


[1] stationery of the Pressburg Yeshiva, typewritten on both sides with his handwritten signature. Fold lines. Small tears. Aging stains. Good condition. 

Medidas:  19 x 28 cm