Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer | |
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| Born | March 13, 1815 (1 Adar II 5575 Anno Mundi) |
| Died | December 31, 1871 (aged 56) (19 Teves 5632 Anno Mundi) |
| Resting place | Bratislava |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Other names | Ksav Sofer |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Known for | Ksav Sofer Responsa on Shulchan Aruch Ksav Sofer on Gittin Ksav Sofer on the Pentateuch |
| Spouse | Chavah Leah Weiss |
| Children | Yaakov Akiva Sofer – (d. 1912) Moshe M. Sofer (d. 1927) Simcha Bunim Sofer – (d. 1907) Yitzchak Leib Sofer – (d. 1907) Shimon Sofer (1850–1944) Shlomo Sofer Sarel Sofer Rachel Sofer Hindel Sofer Rosa Sofer |
| Parent | Moshe Sofer & Sara Eger |
Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (German: Abraham Samuel Benjamin Schreiber), also known by his main work Ksav Sofer or Ketav Sofer (trans. Writ of the Scribe), (1815–1871), was one of the leading rabbis of Hungarian Jewry in the second half of the nineteenth century and rosh yeshiva of the famed Pressburg Yeshiva.