Seder Mishna, on the Rambam, section one. By the Gaon Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Boskowitz Rabbi of Kolin and Bonyhad. With approbations of the Chasam Sofer, ‘Baruch Taam’, Maharam Bennet and sages of Prague.
First Edition, Prague 1820.
Ownership inscription on the title page (not in his hand): Hakatan Chaim Sofer Rabbi of Munkatch.
Two long & important marginalia in his Holy hand.
The Holy Gaon Rabbi Chaim Sofer (1821 –1886) was born in Pressburg and learned in the great Yeshiva of the Chasam Sofer where he was a prize talmid, known for his outstanding diligence, perspicacity and intellectual capacity. He was also a talmid of the MaHaRa”M Ash. He later learned under Rabbi Binyomin Wolf Lowey of Verbau (Shaarei Torah) whom he considered his primary Rebbe. He served as Rav in various important communities notably Munkacs and later Budapest.
Following the Chasam Sofer’s tradition, the Machaneh Chaim fiercely battled any attempt to introduce change or leniency into authentic Jewish tradition, and he was regarded as one of the greatest meishivim in all of Hungary. He served as Av Beis Din in Gyömöre, Sajószentpéter, and Munkacs, and was the Av Beis Din of Khal Adas Hayereim in Budapest, a position he accepted after the Chasam Sofer appeared to him in a dream and instructed him to accept the Rabbinate there. His written legacy includes the 8-volume Shu”t Machaneh Chaim.
Signature & Stamps of Rabbi David Halberstam A.B.D. Dobra.Son of the Holy Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam of Stropkov. He perished in the Holocaust in 1943 Hy”d.
Overall Great condition. few stains, pages 2-4 have a marginal page repair, later binding. 35 Cm.
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