Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Chatam Sofer – Pressburg, Tammuz 1839

Autograph letter (14 lines) of R. Moshe Sofer, the Chatam Sofer, with his signature: "Moshe Sofer of Frankfurt am Main". Pressburg, Tammuz 1839.
Sent to R. Tzvi Hirsh Lehren of Amsterdam, founder and director of the "Pekidim and Amarkalim", addressed by the Chatam Sofer in this letter with venerable titles.
The Chatam Sofer writes of transferring the funds of the dowry of his disciple Yochanan Hirsh Shlank, who immigrated to Eretz Israel. He writes further of tefillin which were sent to the city of Regensburg and did not reach their destination. After his signature, the Chatam Sofer added about six lines, sending his regards to some of his disciples and friends, including relatives to the recipient (his brothers R. Akiva and R. Meir and the latter's son "my disciple the young man" Moshe).
This letter was written in the last months of the lifetime of the Chatam Sofer (who died in Tishrei 1839). Apparently, this letter is unknown and has not yet been printed. No mention of a disciple by the name of Moshe from the family of R. Meir Lehren of Amsterdam appears in the book HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav.
The subject of the letter: R. Yochanan Tzvi Hirsh Shlank (1815-1884), cherished disciple of the Chatam Sofer (in this letter referred to as "my outstanding disciple"). After his engagement in 1838 with the daughter of R. David Tevle Berlin (son of R. Shlomo Hershel Rabbi of London), he immigrated to Eretz Israel together with his father-in-law and settled in Jerusalem. A founder of the Holland-Deutschland Kollel, a founder and head of Torah and chessed institutions in Jerusalem, and a founder of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva (see also item 315).
His father, R. Mordechai Shlank of Amsterdam, mentioned in this letter as "my friend, the great luminary, R. Mordechai Shlank", was born in 1773 in Schönlanke (Trzcianka) and was a disciple of R. Akiva Eiger in Posen. From 1816-1832 he resided in Pressburg and was a close assistant to the Chatam Sofer. In 1832, he moved to Amsterdam and taught Torah in the Beit Midrash of R. Tzvi Hirsh Lehren. At the end of his life, he moved to Jerusalem and died there in 1861.
Folded leaf. 24 cm. 14 autograph lines. High-quality paper. Good condition. Folding marks. Address, postal stamping and remnants of the wax seal of the Chatam Sofer, with the inscription: "Moshe son of R. Shmuel Sofer of Frankfurt am Main - M.S.".