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Teshuvot Ktav Sofer, R. Abraham Samuel Benjain Wolf Sofer, Pressburg 1879-84

תשובות כתב סופר, יורה דעה, אבן העזר - First Editions

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  • Lot Number 46889
  • Title (English) Teshuvot Ktav Sofer
  • Title (Hebrew) תשובות כתב סופר, יורה דעה, אבן העזר
  • Note First Editions
  • Author R. Abraham Samuel Benjain Wolf Sofer
  • City Pressburg
  • Publisher דפוס השותפים דוד לוי ואברהם אלקלעי
  • Publication Date 1879; 1884
  • Estimated Price - Low 200
  • Estimated Price - High 500

  • Item # 1327330
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Description

Physical Description

First editions, 2 parts in one volume, folio, 360:230 mm., usual age staining, wide margins, index f. of Yore De'ah with loss . A good copy bound in recent boards.

 

Detail Description

Responsa to Yore De'ah (2 parts) and Even Ezer by Ktav Sofer, R. Abraham Samuel Benjain Wolf Sofer (Schreiber; 1815–1871), oldest son of R. Moses Sofer. He 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).

 

Hebrew Description

  ... [מאת]... ר’ אברהם שמואל בנימין סופר זצוק"ל אשר מילא מקום אביו רבינו... משה סופר... בעיר פרעסבורג...

חלק יורה דעה, חלק א: פרעסבורג, דפוס השותפים דוד לוי ואברהם אלקלעי, תרל"ט. [1], עה, [1] דף.

חלק יורה דעה, חלק ב: פרעסבורג, דפוס דוד לוי ואברהם אלקאלאי, תרמ"ד. [1], עו-קלז, [1] דף.

חלק אבן העזר, חלק א: פרעסבורג, דפוס השותפים דוד לוי ואברהם אלקלעי, שנת ת’ר’ח’"ם’ [תרמ"ח]. [1], נח, סא-סד, סג-סח דף.

References

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000153546; EJ