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Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer

Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer

Rabbi
Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, also known by his main work Ksav Sofer or Ketav Sofer, 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. Wikipedia
Born: March 12, 1815, Bratislava, Slovakia
Died: December 31, 1871 (age 56 years), Bratislava, Slovakia
Children: Shimon Sofer
Grandchild: Moshe Sofer (II)
Spouse: Leah Weiss (m. 1833)
Other names: Ksav Sofer