RARE - RABBI CHAIM SOFER, RABBI OF BUDAPEST, AUTHOR...

RARE - RABBI CHAIM SOFER, RABBI OF BUDAPEST, AUTHOR OF MACHANEI CHAIM, UNPUBLISHED APPROBATION TO SEDER MISHNA BY RABBI WOLF BOSKOWITZ.

This rare approbation was written by Rabbi Chaim Sofer to Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe of Budapest, who had obtained the voluminous unpublished writings of Rabbi Wolf Boskowitz, son of the author of Machatzis Hashekel and Rabbi of Kolin and Bonyhad. The author had only published the first part of this work and neither the remaining manuscripts, nor this approbation, were in fact published by Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe.

Rabbi Chaim Sofer (1822-1886), son of Rabbi Mordechai Efraim Fishel Sofer of Pressburg, and disciple of the Chasam Sofer, Kesav Sofer, Maharam Ash of Ungvar and Shaarei Torah of Vrbove. Leading Hungarian rabbinic leader and halachic authority. Rabbi of Yemering, Sentpeter, Munkacz and Budapest. Author of eight volumes of responsa Machanei Chaim, and other works.

1 side. 14 x 22 cm. Good condition. Old glue marks.