Bidspirit auction | Responsa Machaneh Chaim – with

Responsa Machaneh Chaim – with a handwritten dedication by the holy author Rabbi Chaim Sofer - She'elot u-Teshuvot Machaneh Chaim, on Orach Chaim, Yoreh De'ah and Even Ha'ezer. By the renowned Gaon Rabbi Chaim Sofer, Av Beit Din of Munkatch and Budapest. Four parts bound together with separate title pages. Munkatch, 1872–1885 [תרל”ב–תרמ”ה]. At the top of the first title page appears a two-line dedication in the holy handwriting and signature of the author, the great Gaon Rabbi Chaim Sofer, one of the foremost rabbis of Hungary and beloved disciple of the Chatam Sofer. The second most important rabbinic lineage in Hungary after the Chatam Sofer. The Gaon Rabbi Chaim Sofer, Av Beit Din of Munkatch and Budapest [1822–1886], author of She'elot u-Teshuvot Machaneh Chaim. One of the most famous disciples of the Chatam Sofer and among the leading figures of Hungarian Jewry in his generation. A giant in Torah and piety, a staunch fighter against the Haskalah, and among the foremost halachic decisors in Hungary. He was born in Pressburg to Rabbi Mordechai Ephraim Fishel Sofer Zusman, a close associate of the Chatam Sofer and writer of his amulets, of whom the Chatam Sofer wrote in a letter, “The beloved son Ephraim, a delightful child... from time to time I learn with him and on Shabbat he eats at my table.” He was circumcised on Yom Kippur by the Chatam Sofer. At the age of 11 he entered the Chatam Sofer's yeshiva and remained deeply attached to him. He later studied for a short time under his son, the Ketav Sofer. He also studied Torah under Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt and the holy Gaon Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Leow, author of Shaarei Torah. After serving in the rabbinate of several important communities, he was appointed Rabbi of Munkatch, one of the largest and most important communities in Hungary at the time. In 1879, he became Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Budapest, the first to serve in this capacity following the split in Hungarian Jewry. He accepted the position in Budapest after his teacher the Chatam Sofer appeared to him in a dream and instructed him to do so. He was among the leading proponents of the strict Orthodox stance demanding separation from non-Orthodox communities during the Hungarian schism. (See: The Chatam Sofer and His Disciples, pp. 138–142). The volume includes: Orach Chaim Part II, Munkatch, 1872. [7], 54, [1] leaves. Final index leaf damaged. Orach Chaim Part III, Munkatch, 1878. [10], 50 leaves. Title page damaged. Yoreh De'ah Part III: Munkatch, 1879. [2], 58 leaves. Even Ha'ezer Part III, Munkatch, 1885. [5], 60 leaves. Title page damaged. Good condition. Signatures. Editorial markings. Minor tears. Possibly missing a few leaves.