Rav Henkin , Reb Chaim Oizer, & the Chasam Sofer Zt"l

לכבוד יום השנה של החתם סופר זצוק"ל כ"ה תשרי

(born, Sep. 24, 1762 - niftar, Oct. 3, 1839)

My father זללה"ה told me that when he learned in Nitra Yeshivah (Slovakia), Reb Chaim Oizer Grodzinski Zt"l was Niftar.

Reb Michoel Ber Weissmandel Zt"l was מספיד Reb Chaim Oizer in the Yeshivah.

He quoted from a קדמון (I think it was the מהרש"ל) who said that in every דור there is a מנהיג בישראל who is בבחינת משה רבינו

דהיינו, משה אמת ותורתו אמת.

Reb Michoel Ber Weissmandel said that he believes that he can point to two Gedolim who would be considered the משה רבינו of their generation:

1) The Chasam Sofer
2) Reb Chaim Oizer.

Rav Henkin Zt"l writes that R. Chaim Oizer said (Years before the establishment of the State) that the איסור של אל תמרדו באומות

"Not to rebel against the nations" applies even to the Jewish nation and even to a non-Frum government; one must be respectful and have כבוד מלכות ומורא מלכות.

Reb Chaim Oizer & the Chasam Sofer both hold that כבוד מלכות applies even to a מלכות הרשעה, and they both brought a proof from דוד המלך ואחאב

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