HUNGARIAN WOODEN MIZRACH.

AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 351
HUNGARIAN WOODEN MIZRACH.
20th century:
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,000
Interestingly, subjects of portraits are father-in-law and son-in-law, with the Chasam Sofer (1762-1839) marrying R’ Eger’s (1761-1838) widowed daughter. The Talmudic term “Chodosh Asur Min HaTorah,” literally “New is forbidden by the Torah” was the Chasam’s Sofer motto in expressing his opposition to any philosophic, social or practical change to customary Orthodox practices, and thus successfully keeping the Reform movement and its associated beliefs out of Pressburg, the city he led for over three decades.