Rabbi Moshe Sofer

Biography

Rabbi Moshe Sofer, known as the Chasam Sofer, was the Rabbi of Pressburg and founder of the Pressburg Yeshiva, a central institution for traditional Ashkenazi Orthodoxy in Central Europe. His leadership and piskei halacha were a primary force in formulating the Orthodox response to Reform and Haskalah currents in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His published writings include responsa, chiddushim on Shas, drashos, and commentaries on the Torah and tefillah, many of which appear under the title Chasam Sofer.

Works

• Shu"t Chasam Sofer
• Toras Moshe
• Chiddushei Chasam Sofer

Responsa

• מכתב אל הרב מאיר — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Meir Ash
• Matzos from Turkish Wheat (Buckwheat) for the Poor (16 Adar II 5576) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Yaakov Baruch Frenkel
• Widow of a Mumar's Permissibility to Marry a Kohen (16 Adar II 5591) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Nosson Shapira
• Kiddushin with Chayavei Lavin, Sin-Offerings, Matzah Water (23 Adar I 5589) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Posen
• מכתב לרב שמעון — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Shimon
• מכתב ללא נושא מפורש — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• לולב שנשבר עליון בפחות מכשיעור (8 Tishrei 5599) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Yaakov
• Permitting Agunah to Remarry Based on Multiple Identifying Marks on Drowned Body (4 Elul 5592) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Yitzchak Tiktin
• Direction of Chanukah Candle Lighting and Turning Right (Erev Shabbos Erev Rosh Chodesh Teves 5560) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Thirty-Day Chazakah for Mashiv HaRuach — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Dimensions of the Revi'is Cup for Four Cups (Shushan Purim 5564) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• מכתב ללא נושא מפורש (1 Kislev 5570) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi David Deutsch
• Torah Study in Room with Covered Mikveh (12 Kislev 5582) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Yaakov Baruch Frenkel
• מכתב אל הרב יוסף אב"ד גוו"ד (16 Cheshvan 5575) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Yosef
• Retroactive prohibition of meat from shochet who lost knife sensation — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• תלמיד חכם מודה לחברו על האמת ועל השקר — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Meir
• מכתב ללא נושא מפורש (18 Adar II 5578) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Falk
• Hashavas Aveidah Overriding Muktzeh on Shabbos (20 Shevat 5577) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Hirsch Leviass
• Razoring Pe'os after Scissors and Chol HaMoed Shaving — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Married Woman's Hair Covering Requirements (16 Sivan 5599) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• התראת ספק למלקות (19 Kislev 5565) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Permitting Woman with Liver Condition and Wound-Related Bleeding (5564) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• מכתב אל הרב הרש (2 Av 5563) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Itzik Frenkel
• הדין לגבי מומרים — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Prohibition Against Nursing Mother Remarrying Within 24 Months (18 Cheshvan 5581) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Gedaliah and Chaim
• Penalty Liability and Ma'is Alai Claim in Broken Engagement (12 Shevat 5574) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi David
• האם שבועת השוחט נגד הסגת גבולו של חברו יכולה להתבטל על ידי אומדנא (15 Elul 5598) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Avraham Teomim
• היא סובב הולך על שו"ת הנדפס' לעיל סי' קס"ב (26 Adar II 5597) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Elazar Segal Horowitz
• ביאור דברי רש"י בבכורות מ' ע"א (26 Tamuz 5579) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• מכתב לרב אליעזר (8 Cheshvan 5584) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Eliezer
• Reciting Shehecheyanu at Circumcision of a Possibly Non-Viable Infant (3 Tevet 5582) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Hersh of Aglid
• מכתב אל הרב זכריה ישעיה כץ (20 Shevat 5591) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Zechariah Yeshayahu Katz
• ביאור דברי תוספות במסכת שבת צז ע"ב (20 Adar II 5573) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Baruch
• Lung adhesions and perforations; tata'ah gavar in basar bechalav (14 Av 5588) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Posen
• מכתב אל הרב יוסף (15 Tamuz 5591) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Yosef Ohel
• חשבון עבור השנים וקביעות המועדים (19 Elul 5581) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Meir Karnik
• Needle found embedded in both sides of goose gizzard; post-facto treifah ruling (9 Kislev 5576) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Yahrzeit Observance When Date of Death Is Uncertain (22 Adar II 5574) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• מצבת אבן על קבר עם שם קודש (25 Av 5592) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Yisrael David
• Meaning of Lezar'o in Rosh Hashanah Musaf (Erev Rosh Hashanah 5581) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• מכתב אל הרב יוחנן לוי (5 Av 5592) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Shlomo
• Whether nechmeru bnei me'ayim treifah applies to boiling water ingested by oxen — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Claims of a Promiscuous Woman for Esnan, Nursing, and a Vow to Marry (25 Tevet 5596) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Itzik
• Whether a large rat has halachic drisah status to render prey treifah — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Whether Rema's prohibition on retaining a rat-bitten bird applies universally (17 Adar I 5575) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Unknown recipient
• Permeation of Milk into Meat, Chaticha Na'asis Neveila, and Dairy Spoon Steam — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Meir Pal
• Forced Divorce After Wife's Admission of Adultery (3 Shevat 5596) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Lipman
• Whether gezeira shava can extend prohibition inherently inapplicable to non-kosher animals (4 Tamuz 5580) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Neustadt an der Waag
• הלכה כרי"ף רמב"ם ורא"ש נגד תוספות (21 Av 5561) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Lipman
• הפרשת חלה בעיסה המעורבת בער"ד (3 Kislev 5576) — from Rabbi Moshe Sofer to Rabbi Yeshayahu Katz