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Kuntres of Chiddushim in Maharam Schick’s Handwriting
Kuntres of Chiddushim in Maharam Schick’s Handwriting
A booklet of chiddushim, comprising eleven pages, devoted to one of the fundamental sugyos in Maseches Pesachim, in the handwriting of the gaon Rabbi Moshe Schick, known as the Maharam Schick.
The Maharam Schick himself recorded the subject of the manuscript at the top of the opening page: “With Hashem’s help – the sugya of Ila’ah Gever and Tata’ah Gever in Pesachim 75b–76a.”
Rabbi Moshe Schick (1807–1879) was the leading disciple of the Chasam Sofer who perpetuated his legacy in both Torah scholarship and the leadership of Hungarian Jewry. His many illustrious disciples numbered among the most prominent Torah luminaries in Europe, and rabbanim in his generation unanimously accepted his halachic rulings.
In 1838, upon the recommendation of his teacher, the Chasam Sofer, he was appointed Rav of Yargen, a town near Pressburg. Whenever the Chasam Sofer came to Yargen, which was known for its fresh air, he would visit his disciple’s beis medrash and listen to his shiurim.
The Chasam Sofer praised him highly, declaring: “I cannot offer any new insight beyond what he already knows, for he knows everything; and in his humility, he was truly like Rabbi Akiva Eiger” (as related by his disciple Rabbi Zalman Spitzer, the Chasam Sofer’s son-in-law, in his eulogy, Tikkun Shlomo, pp. 104–106.)
Page Count: [6] leaves, 11 written pages, with the original protective blank leaves preserved at the beginning and end.
Size: 21 × 25 cm.
Condition: Good. Minor reinforcements to the edges of the leaves. Bound in a fine new leather binding.
This manuscript served as the source text for the Machon Yerushalayim edition of Chiddushei Maharam Schick on Pesachim.
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The Sugya of Ila’ah Gever or Tata’ah Gever
The sugya of Ila’ah Gever and Tata’ah Gever is one of the foundational sugyos in the laws of issur ve-heter and the halachos of meat and milk.
Ila’ah Gever means “the upper item prevails, ” while Tata’ah Gever means “the lower item prevails.”
This issue is about a food that comes into contact with another, and one is hot while the other is cold. If the principle is Tata’ah Gever, the lower item determines the halachic effect: if the lower food is hot, it transfers heat to the upper cold food, while if it is cold, it cools the upper hot food. According to Ila’ah Gever, the opposite is true — the upper item determines the outcome.
The halacha follows the opinion of Tata’ah Gever.
The central discussion of this fundamental sugya appears in Pesachim 75b–76a, and it is this passage that forms the subject of the present manuscript.
