What was the Chasam Sofers opinion on Peter the Apostate
The
Sefer Takanos Utefilos (R.Shlomo Shick, nephew of the
Maharam Shick) writes That the Beregsas Rov (R. Shlomo
Sofer zt”l son of the Ksav Sofer) wrote to him as
follows:
“ The Kunteres that my holy Zeideh Chasam Sofer
copied the story of the Notzri*.
“On
the 9th day in Teves, R. Shimon Hakalfus died.
He was the
uncle of the Notzri. His mother Miriam was a sister
to R.Shimon. Because R. Shimon went in the
Shlichos of the Chachamim ----- Chazal established a day
of fast for generations on the 9th day of Teves”.
This
Kunteres, my Zeideh(Ch. Sofer) copied from a Christian
book, written by Jahn Jakob Haltrika.---
לבי אומר לי
(my heart tells me**) This story doesn’t sound like a
Chasam Sofer story. Although theCh.
Sofer was very familiar and had a vast knowledge in
secular subjects, It probably wasn’t his style to copy stories
from a Goy who wrote a book on Christianity.
R.Shlomo
Shick must have been an
interesting character. The Levushei Mordechai
(Mad) Y.D. 88
writes on him “all his Sefarim need Geniza.
Therefore ,
we shouldn't jump to conclusions, what the Ch.
Sofer held of Peter the apostle.
*Oso Ha’ish
** I have no
proof
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