About Eliezer Zussman-Sofer
Lived 1828 – 1902 (aged 74). Eliezer Zussman-Sofer was a Hungarian rabbi and rosh yeshiva.
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 Volume 1 of Yalkut Eliezer on hebrewbooks.com Volume 3 of Yalkut Eliezer on archive.org
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Hungarian rabbi
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Eliezer Zussman-Sofer was born on 28 February 1828 in Bratislava.
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Eliezer Zussman-Sofer died on 10 October 1902 in Paks.
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Eliezer Zussman-Sofer was a rabbi and rosh yeshiva.
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Eliezer Zussman-Sofer was Hungarian.
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