In this class we begin with the upheaval at the end of the 18th century — particularly Jacob Frank and his version of Sabbateanism. Then I speak about Rabbi Natan Adler, the Chatam Sofer’s main teacher. Rabbi Adler was a kabbalist and pietist who was excommunicated twice by the community of Frankfurt.
Then I speak about Rabbi Moses Schreiber (also known as the Chatam Sofer), who eventually moved to Pressburg (Bratislava) and set up the largest yeshiva in the world.
He was known for his opposition to those who wished to reform Judaism, especially the Neolog movement of Hungary.
