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Bidding Information
Lot #    12915
Auction End Date    1/24/2006 10:12:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Ketav Sofer, Responsa Even Ezer
Title (Hebrew)    תשובות כתב סופר, חלק אבן העזר
Author    [First Ed.] R. Abraham Samuel Benjamin Wolf Sofer
City    Pressburg (Bratislava)
Publisher    David Levy & Abraham Alkelei
Publication Date    1888
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition. [1], 58, 61-64, 63-68 ff., 365:230 mm., wide margins, usual age staining, stamps. A very good copy bound in later half cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    Responsa by R. Abraham Samuel Benjain Wolf Sofer (Schreiber; 1815–1871), oldest son of R. Moses Sofer, succeeded his father on his death in 1839 as rabbi and rosh yeshivah of Pressburg. In his will, R. Moses Sofer appointed his eldest son to succeed him as rosh yeshivah. Shortly before his death he indicated to the community his desire that R. Abraham be appointed his successor in the rabbinate during his own lifetime. Although his son was only 24 at the time, R. Moses Sofer's request was granted. Thenceforth the Pressburg community became the heritage of the Sofer family dynasty. During the 32 years he occupied this post, he continued his father's policies in all matters. He was one of the active organizers of Hungarian Orthodoxy for the Jewish Congress which took place in 1869, and subsequently carried on his activity in this sphere. Though not at first an extremist, he later joined their ranks and finally gave the religious approval of the Sofer dynasty to the schism in Hungarian Jewry. He published responsa and expositions of the Torah under the title Ketav Sofer (1873–1938).
          
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Reference
Description		    CD-EPI 0153546; EJ
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Hungary
  
Subject
Responsa:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica