Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
Large Leaf Handwritten by the Chatam Sofer - Sermons for Yom Kippur and Sukkot, 1831
Opening: $18,000
Sold for: $35,000
Including buyer's premium
Single leaf (two handwritten pages - over 100 lines) handwritten by R. Moshe Sofer, the Chatam Sofer - novellae for Yom Kippur and Sukkot. [Pressburg (Bratislava), 1831].
Large leaf, handwritten on both sides. One side contains the title "Granted to me by G-d for Yom Kippur, 1831", and the second side contains the title "Granted to me by G-d for Sukkot, 1831".
These paragraphs were printed in Drashot Chatam Sofer (part I, pages 34b and 51b-52a). The leaf contains the complete Torah novellae for Yom Kippur and Sukkot, 1831.
The Chatam Sofer would write and organize all his novellae, sermons, lessons and Torah responsa. As he described in one of his letters, "I have written all the Torah thoughts with which G-d has enlightened me, and they are available to all who wish to copy them, just as earlier generations did before the advent of the printing press". Out of fondness of his holy Torah novellae, his descendants and disciples would preserve his holy manuscripts, as a segula for fear of Heaven and salvation.
Single leaf, [2] written pages. Approximately 104 handwritten lines. 25X40 cm. Good condition. Stains.
Large leaf, handwritten on both sides. One side contains the title "Granted to me by G-d for Yom Kippur, 1831", and the second side contains the title "Granted to me by G-d for Sukkot, 1831".
These paragraphs were printed in Drashot Chatam Sofer (part I, pages 34b and 51b-52a). The leaf contains the complete Torah novellae for Yom Kippur and Sukkot, 1831.
The Chatam Sofer would write and organize all his novellae, sermons, lessons and Torah responsa. As he described in one of his letters, "I have written all the Torah thoughts with which G-d has enlightened me, and they are available to all who wish to copy them, just as earlier generations did before the advent of the printing press". Out of fondness of his holy Torah novellae, his descendants and disciples would preserve his holy manuscripts, as a segula for fear of Heaven and salvation.
Single leaf, [2] written pages. Approximately 104 handwritten lines. 25X40 cm. Good condition. Stains.