Did the Chasam Sofer Know of the Kedushas Levi?

A Fascinating Teaching Quoted by the Chasam Sofer

The פיוט of the first day of Shachris Rosh Hashana (אבן חוג) says:

"סלוף דינה ביהוסף להנחות"

The Chasam Sofer quotes from the ספר טיב גטין , who the Chasam Sofer quotes from a מקובל .

He said that when יוסף was in לאה's womb, his name was:

יהוסף

And when דינה was in רחל's womb, her name was:

דין

After the mothers were switched,

יהוסף lost the ה

יהוסף  ➜  יוסף

And that same ה was given to דין.

דין + ה  ➜  דינה

✦ ❦ ✦

But There Is an Interesting Detail...

Actually, the טיב גטין does not quote this from an unknown מקובל.

He quotes this from his own Mechuten :

הרב לוי יצחק מברדיטשוב זצ"ל

The Kedushas Levi

Yet when the Chasam Sofer brings this teaching, he refers to the source simply as:

מקובל אחד

In all probability, the Chasam Sofer never heard of the קדושת לוי and therefore refers to him as an unknown מקובל אחד.

✦ A Remarkable Connection ✦

R. Levi Yitzchok Barditchev
&
The Chasam Sofer

were both Niftar on:

כ"ה תשרי