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== Life History == | == Life History == | ||
Born in Frankfurt to a simple family. From his youth, he was known as a great iluy and wrote Torah chiddushim. At age nine, he began learning with Rabbi Nosson Adler, who followed kabbalistic customs, and later with Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz. As a result, the Chasam Sofer was greatly influenced by the path of Chassidus. The Rebbe wrote that his being a student of Rabbi Nosson Adler and Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz, who was a student of the Maggid of Mezritch, led to Rabbi Moshe including sayings from Chassidic leaders, including the Alter Rebbe, in his sefer "Chasam Sofer." | Born in Frankfurt to a simple family. From his youth, he was known as a great iluy and wrote Torah chiddushim. At age nine, he began learning with Rabbi Nosson Adler, who followed kabbalistic customs, and later with Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz. As a result, the Chasam Sofer was greatly influenced by the path of Chassidus. The Rebbe wrote that his being a student of Rabbi Nosson Adler and Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz, who was a student of [[the Maggid of Mezritch]], led to Rabbi Moshe including sayings from Chassidic leaders, including the Alter Rebbe, in his sefer "Chasam Sofer." | ||
His attitude toward the students of the Baal Shem Tov was one of admiration and bitul. | His attitude toward the students of [[the Baal Shem Tov]] was one of admiration and bitul. | ||
In 5546 (1786), he moved to Prostejov where he served as Rosh Yeshiva and married Sarah Malka, daughter of R' Moshe Yerveitz. | In 5546 (1786), he moved to Prostejov where he served as Rosh Yeshiva and married Sarah Malka, daughter of R' Moshe Yerveitz. | ||
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== Further Reading == | == Further Reading == | ||
Rabbi Shalom DovBer Wolpo, Shemen Sasson Meichaveirecha, Volume 3, pages 201-229 - about the lineage of the Chasam Sofer and Lubavitch | Rabbi Shalom DovBer Wolpo, Shemen Sasson Meichaveirecha, Volume 3, pages 201-229 - about the lineage of the Chasam Sofer and Lubavitch | ||
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