Eliezer Zussman-Sofer
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Born28 February 1828
Bratislava (Pozsony/Pressburg)
Died10 October 1902 (aged 74)
Paks
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| Born | 28 February 1828 Bratislava (Pozsony/Pressburg) |
| Died | 10 October 1902 (aged 74) Paks |
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).
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[citation needed]
- 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.
