(MahRa”M Schick, 1807-79)

The Mahara”m Schick was one of the most prominent Hungarian Rabbis of his time and the foremost disciple of the Chasam Sofer. He was a fierce opponent of the leaders of the Reform Movement and greatly supported Samson Raphael Hirsch in his dispute with the anti-Reform congregation of Frankfurt. As principal successor to the Chasam Sofer, the Mahara”m Schick was famed for his intellectual alacrity, quickly responding to even the most complicated questions of halachic law. The philosophical content of the present manuscript is unusual for this supreme halachist. See M.A.Z. Kinstlicher, HaChatham Sofer VeTalmidav (2005) pp. 362-67.