Classics: Chasam Sofer. First Editions. 1855-1912.

5 first editions in 4 volumes, also including ...

Classics: Chasam Sofer. First Editions. 1855-1912.

5 first editions in 4 volumes, also including Even Ha'Ezer [first chelek] second edition [Pressburg 1865].

Classic work of responsa by the Chasam Sofer. Published posthumously, the responsa of the Chasam Sofer were received to great acclaim and remain classics of Halachic scholarship until today.

Orach Chaim. First edition. Pressburg 1855.

Even HaEzer Volume 1. Second edition. Pressburg 1865.

Even HaEzer Volume 2. First edition. Pressburg 1859.

Chosen Mishpat. First edition. Pressburg 1862.

Chelek Shishi. First edition. Pressburg 1864. 

Chelek Shvii, First edition, Munkatch 1912.

Rabbi Moshe Sofer (1763-1840), born in Frankfurt, where he studied Torah under its great rabbis, becoming a favoured and outstanding disciple of Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Chasid, Rabbi Nassan Adler, Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz and others. Son-in-law of I. Rabbi Moshe Yerwitz of Prosnitz and II. Rabbi Akiva Eger of Posen. Rosh Yeshiva in Prosnitz, and Rabbi of Dreznitz (1794), Mattersdorf (1799) and Pressburg (1807), heading a large Yeshiva and gradually becoming accepted and revered as the greatest European rabbinic leader of his time, whose teachings have been preserved by his family and his numerous disciples and their descendants. His Torah rulings and teachings continue to guide orthodox Jewish life and his spirit lives on to the present day. Author of voluminous writings in all sectors of Torah, including Tshuvos Chassam Sofer, Chassam Sofer on Shas and Torah, amongst other works.

Condition: Overall in very fine condition, stains.