{"product_id":"the-chasam-sofer-the-life-leadership-and-legacy-of-rabbi-moshe-sofer-of-pressburg","title":"The Chasam Sofer: The Life, leadership and legacy of Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Pressburg","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne hundred and eighty years after his passing, he stands tall, a leader for eternity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Chasam Sofer would reshape the landscape for Torah Jewry, revealing the power and potency of a rov, the impact of a rosh yeshiva. He would provide a paradigm of leadership, fusing courage and humility, selflessness and determination, passion and generosity: and his imprint would endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt would spread across the region, giving the kehillos of Austro-Hungary an example, a kehilla after which they could model themselves: it was a style of rabbanus, an approach to living. He showed the blessing of a yeshiva, the value of talmidei chachamim- and also, the glory of the ordinary citizens and their role, the preciousness of their minhagim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey longed to imbibe his light: they pleaded with his talmidim to settle among them, to lead them, to protect and defend them. His Torah- psak, drush, hashkafa- became the bedrock of their own approach to avodas Hashem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Pressburg, he ruled the Jewish world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen he passed away, and his talmidim-and their talmidim- fanned the flames ever-brighter, the presence of the Chasam Sofer seeming to hover above European Jewry for a hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd when it all collapsed, his inspiration fueled the rebuilding: we would start again, and we wouldn't compromise, wouldn't allow ourselves to believe that anything had changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have an Old Father, the Chasam Sofer would say, and He does not change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil today, the Chasam Sofer leads us: in this book, we'll see why, and we’ll see how.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the storyteller's gift, the author makes it feel not like a lesson, but like a story, an enjoyable read: but the experience of soaking in the stories and divrei Torah and rich history will leave you with a clear sense of what this man represented, and what it means for each one of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Chasam Sofer, scribe for eternity, is still teaching us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jewish Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48313030279389,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1061\/2445\/files\/cssf.jpg?v=1785799927","url":"https:\/\/jewishusedbooks.com\/products\/the-chasam-sofer-the-life-leadership-and-legacy-of-rabbi-moshe-sofer-of-pressburg","provider":"Jewish Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}