Handwritten Kabbalistic
Drashah by the Chasam Sofer
Pressburg, 1807
Handwritten Kabbalistic Drashah by the Chasam Sofer on Transforming Middas Hadin to Middas Hachessed. Pressburg, 1807
With the Shem Hameforash inscribed by the holy hand of the Chasam Sofer!
Handwritten kabbalistic chiddushei Torah written in the sacred handwriting of the Chasam Sofer, Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Pressburg, whose name has been uttered in awe and fear by tzaddikim and Rabbanim for the past two hundred years.
The present manuscript contains a drashah that the Chasam Sofer composed for Parshas Shlach, 5607 (1807), which was the same year that he arrived in Pressburg and opened his celebrated yeshivah. It also contains another complete drashah that he wrote for Parshas Behar .
In the first derasha, the Chasam Sofer illuminates why the letter yud was added into Yehoshua bin Nun’s name. Basing his explanation on kabbalistic sources and teachings, he relates that the letter yud harbors the force to transform the attribute of judgment to the attribute of lovingkindness. In the course of his writings, the Chasam Sofer inscribes the Shem Hameforash, which is the symbol of Middas Harachamim.
Pressburg, 1807. 2 sides handwritten by the Chasam Sofer. Page Size: 19×24 cm. Condition: Very good with minor stains.
The present manuscript is an original work directly from the hands of the Chasam Sofer. These drashos were subsequently printed with some minor amendments in Chasam Sofer al HaTorah (Bamidbar, Shlach p. 64; Vayikra, Behar p. 81, Jerusalem, 2007).
The Unparalleled Segulos of the Chasam Sofer’s Handwriting
A Segulah for Yiras Shamayim
Maharam Banet expressed that a mere glance at the sacred writing of the Chasam Sofer is segulah for yiras Shamayim. It is told that Maharam Banet once received a handwritten teshuvah from the Chasam Sofer and spent a great deal of time perusing it. When his students asked if the letter perplexed him, he replied, “No, but I am delving into this teshuvah, since the mere sight of his sacred writing increases fear of heaven.” (Drashos Chasam Sofer, Preface, p. 6)
The Admor Rabbi Yoel of Satmar similarly expressed that seeing the handwriting of the Chasam Sofer can lead one to attain fear of heaven.
A Segulah for Protection
It is known that the Chasam Sofer’s family members and descendants would safeguard his letters and writings as a segulah for protection and security, affirming that they are auspicious for protection from trial or tribulation. Whenever his son Rabbi Shimon Sofer, Av Beis Din of Cracow, faced the Austrian Parliament, he would remove a letter written from his father from his breast pocket and carefully peruse it before rendering his decision.
A Segulah for Health and Recovery
The Daas Sofer would instruct sick patients to place a handwritten letter of the Chasam Sofer beneath their pillow as a segulah for health and recovery. (Beis Sofrim p. 173)
A Segulah for Easy Childbirth
The Chasam Sofer’s family would also place a handwritten letter by the Chasam Sofer beneath the head of a woman in the throes of difficult labor as a segulah for swift and safe childbirth. (Shu”t Shevet Halevi Vol. 6 Ch. 162 #2)
The Chasam Sofer’s Text Markings
The Chasam Sofer marked the end of every paragraph in his writings with a line and period. Rabbi Asher Anshel Weiss, Av Beis Din of Nagy-Falu, noted that the Chasam Sofer inserted these symbols into his writings based on the wisdom of kabbalah. (See Rabbi Nosson Stern in his preface to Drashos Chasam Sofer p. 19a, Comments)
Toras Moshe al HaTorah
The Chasam Sofer wrote of his own writings: “As long as Hashem shall grant me life and strength, I am prepared to learn together with anyone who wants to come, and I shall not be silent or rest…I am hereby writing all that Hashem has granted me in halachah and Aggadah” (printed in Pisuchei Chosan, Shu”t Chasam Sofer Yoreh Deah).
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