Early in his career, Nosson Dovid Rabinowich, worked at the Ahavath Torah Institute in Jerusalem, Israel where he prepared highly qualified students for Rabbinic Ordination, fund-raised and administered the Institute's entire budget.
Nosson Dovid Rabinowich believes that Professor Schreiber's statements demonstrate how such weak evidence is. There are no available quotes from the Chasam Sofer, but only inferences based on positions held by his relatives. Furthermore, the presentation of those positions of the Chasam Sofer's closest relatives tends to be one-sided.
An example is when Professor Schreiber's presents his first example of evidence in his third category. It is when "R. Shimon Sofer, the son of the Chasam Sofer, later rabbi of Cracow, served as a delegate to the Reichstadt in Vienna and spoke fluent German. Schreiber neglects to mention the strongly worded 1881 letter written by that very same R. Shimon Sofer to his son advising, in no uncertain terms, all communities to refrain from appointing a German-speaking rabbi.
An example is when Professor Schreiber's presents his first example of evidence in his third category. It is when "R. Shimon Sofer, the son of the Chasam Sofer, later rabbi of Cracow, served as a delegate to the Reichstadt in Vienna and spoke fluent German. Schreiber neglects to mention the strongly worded 1881 letter written by that very same R. Shimon Sofer to his son advising, in no uncertain terms, all communities to refrain from appointing a German-speaking rabbi.
From 2001 to 2013 Nathan David Rabinowich worked as the Executive Director of the Jewish Heritage Tours in Brooklyn, NY. The Jewish Heritage Tours offers Glatt Kosher Travel to Western Europe and North Africa.
Read more about Nosson Dovid, visit his website: http://nathanrabinowich.com/
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