Eliezer Zussman-Sofer

Eliezer Zussman-Sofer (1828–1902) was a Hungarian rabbi and head of a yeshivah.[1] 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[2] (Paks).

Eliezer Zussman-Sofer
Born(1828-02-28)28 February 1828
Bratislava (Pozsony/Pressburg)
Died10 October 1902(1902-10-10) (aged 74)
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.[3]

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.[2]

Zussman-Sofer died on the eve of Yom Kippur, October 1902.

References
  1. Naḥum Raḳover (1998). Law and the Noahides: law as a universal value. Library of Jewish Law. p. 76. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  2. Ebay auction
  3. "kedem-auctions.com". Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-12-07.


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