| Eliezer Zussman-Sofer | |
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| Born | (1828-02-28)28 February 1828 Bratislava (Pozsony/Pressburg) |
| Died | 10 October 1902(1902-10-10) (aged 74) Paks |
Eliezer Zussman-Sofer (1828–1902) was a Hungarian rabbi and head of a yeshivah. He was the son of Rabbi Mordechai Efraim Fischel Sofer-Zussman of Pressburg and a son-in-law of Rabbi Joel Ungar of Shochtiz and Paks (Paks).
Zussman-Sofer was rabbi of Halas in 1850 and Paks in 1880. He authored a number of works including Yalkut Eliezer, Et Sofer, Meleah Ketoret and Damesek Eliezer.
All of his sons became rabbis:
- Simon, rabbi in Sendra and Paks
- Joseph Leib, rabbi in Derecske (author of Yalkut Sofer)
- Judah, rabbi in Kadelburg, Yemring, Miklosh and Arad (author of Mate Yehudah and the father-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Sofer of Munkacs and Budapest)
- Shmuel Benjamin, rabbi in Derecske (author of Divrei Sofrim).
His sons-in-law were Rabbi Yitzchok Yakov Blum of Sanshun (Hajdúsámson) and Kroly (Nagykároly and Rabbi Amram Fischer of Yunk .- Gyönk.
Zussman-Sofer died on the eve of Yom Kippur, October 1902.
Further Study
References
- Naḥum Raḳover (1998). Law and the Noahides: law as a universal value. Library of Jewish Law. p. 76. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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