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In 1947, the brothers moved to Eger (Erlau) and re-established the
Kehilla and Yeshiva there. Though Avraham Shmuel was older than Yochanan, he preferred that Yochanan assume the rabbinical position, giving him and the Yeshiva full support, both personally and monetarily. Avraham Shmuel engaged in
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Yochanan, the sole survivor of Sofer's family, married Miram Pall (daughter of Yaakov Pall, descendant of the
Chassam Sofer's sister). They had three children in Eger; Moshe (1947), Yaakov (1948) and Avraham Shmuel Binyomin Sofer (1949). After emigrating to Israel in 1950, they had four more
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Sofer was born on 10 May 1885 to his father Rabbi Shimon (Chief Rabbi of Erlau) and mother Malka Esther
Spitzer. Malka was the daughter of Gitel Schreiber (daughter of the Chasam Sofer) and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Spitzer (1811โ1893), Rabbi of
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Sofer was offered many prestigious rabbinical positions, but turned them down in order to be with his father and to invest his time in publishing the Torah commentaries of his illustrious family.
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Avraham Shmuel died in 1948, unmarried, due to an illness. He was buried in the Jewish
Cemetery in Eger, near the grave of his grandmother Malka Esther Sofer.
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Yochanan refounded the
Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel, and over the years established a network of synagogues in Israel and the USA naming them โ
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of the Erlau
Orthodox congregation. His father, Rabbi Shimon, requested that he be retested by three rabbis and ordained
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Sofer soon became known as a Torah genius and would engage in written halachic responsa with great rabbis such as Rabbi
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also studied at the Verpelรฉt
Yeshiva, and later became Rabbi of Erlau and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Chassam Sofer in
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Sofer and his wife had six children; Avraham Shmuel
Binyamin, Yochanan, Chava Rivka, Leah, Gitel Tobia and Reizel.
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Yochanan led a respectable community in Israel retaining the name Erlau. He was a presiding member of the
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Sofer authored many Torah commentaries, most of which were lost during the Holocaust.
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children; Shimon (1951), Akiva Menachem (1953), Zalman (1954) and Aharon (1959).
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business, but spent much of his time in the Yeshiva studying with the students.
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were printed in 1949 in Budapest at Gewirtz Brothers Printery.
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Hungarian people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
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all were unmarried and were murdered in the Holocaust.
739:"Sefer Detail: ืืชื ืกืืคืจ - ืกืืคืจ, ืืืจืื ืฉืืืื ืื ืืืื"
333:under the auspices of Rabbi Akiva Sofer (author of
226:) Rabbi in the early 20th century. He was Dayan of
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448:Sofer edited and published the works of the
370:Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler (1845โ1932) of
924:"Sefer Detail: ืื ืกืืคืจ - ืืฉื ืื ืฉืืขืื ืกืืคืจ"
405:from various rabbis prior to his marriage.
986:Hungarian civilians killed in World War II
902:"Gedolim Yahrzeits: 2 Av, Rav Moshe Stern"
806:ืืืื ืืจืืื ืื ืืฆืืง ืืืืื ืืืืืืง ืืื ืจืืืจ.
761:"Sefer Detail: ืกืืคืจ ืืืืจ - ืกืืคืจ, ืืฆืืง ืืื"
460:(authored by Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Sofer of
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991:Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust
853:. Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah. Archived from
214:(May 10, 1885 โ June 12, 1944) (German;
131:, Chava Rivka, Leah, Gitel Tobia, Reizel
782:"My Machberes, Rabbi Gerson Tannenbaum"
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635:Remaining today is his responsa on the
442:; something Rabbi Moshe did with ease.
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329:, Hungary. He later learned at the
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534:Chava Rivka, Leah, Gitel Tobia
438:once again before joining the
356:) and Rabbi Nethanel Fried of
267:) and great-grandson of Rabbi
179:Yeshivas Chassam Sofer - Erlau
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976:20th-century Hungarian rabbis
261:Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer
879:. Typo.co.il. Archived from
278:He was the father of Rabbi
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737:ืกืืคืจ, ืืืจืื ืฉืืืื ืื ืืืื.
348:, Rabbi Yitzchak Glick of
342:Sholom Mordechai Schwadron
966:Hungarian Orthodox rabbis
717:"ืืืื - - (page 2 of 39)"
290:until his death in 2016.
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143:and Malkah Esther Spitzer
127:Avraham Shmuel Binyamin,
996:Jewish Hungarian writers
832:. Zchusavos.blogspot.com
512:, from whom he received
251:He was the son of Rabbi
828:A Talmid (2009-06-04).
655:Ornament of the Scribes
614:, and a key leader and
612:Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
487:Avraham Shmuel Binyamin
413:Sofer married Tushene (
378:) wrote that Sofer was
196:Erlau (Hasidic Dynasty)
624:population in Israel.
575:Yeshivas Chassam Sofer
502:Be'er Chaim Mordechai
259:), grandson of Rabbi
607:โ after his father.
559:On 12 June 1944 (21
491:She'eris Yosef Asher
91:Greater German Reich
922:ืืฉื ืื ืฉืืขืื ืกืืคืจ.
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293:He was murdered at
971:Bible commentators
851:"Yartzeit Details"
647:Hand of the Scribe
605:Kehillot Yad Sofer
376:Levushei Mordechai
218:) was a prominent
119:Tushene Schoenfeld
87:Auschwitz-Birkenau
69:Kingdom of Hungary
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579:Rabbi Moshe Stern
388:Talmud Yerushalmi
331:Pressburg Yeshiva
253:Shimon Sofer (II)
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585:(author of
497:, Hungary.
458:Sofer Mahir
374:(author of
362:Pnei Meivin
360:(author of
352:(author of
318:(author of
312:Schiffschul
269:Moshe Sofer
108:Nationality
61:10 May 1885
26:Moshe Sofer
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667:References
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305:Early life
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643:Yad Sofer
550:Auschwitz
462:Drohobych
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295:Auschwitz
246:Yad Sofer
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111:Hungarian
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524:Budapest
520:Yochanan
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479:Children
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192:Dynasty
176:Yeshiva
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538:Reizel
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316:Vienna
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244:named
139:Rabbi
116:Spouse
617:posek
561:Sivan
554:Nazis
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426:Dayan
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288:Erlau
284:rebbe
241:sefer
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184:Ended
166:Dayan
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