Bidspirit auction | SOFER , AVRAHAM SHMUEL BENYAMIN

SOFER , AVRAHAM SHMUEL BENYAMIN WOLF. (The Kesav Sofer, 1815-71). Manuscript Document Signed, pertaining to Leopold Deutsch. German marriage certificate of Leopold Deutsch and his bride Rosalia Hermann. Written and signed by the Rabbi of Pressburg. Rabbi Sofer signs: “S. W. Schreiber, Oberrabinner, ” using his legal name, Samuel Wolf, and with his official stamp. One page. Pressburg, 13th April, 1865. R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer was R. Moshe Sofer - the Chasam Sofer’s eldest son through his second marriage, to Sorel, R. Akiva Eger’s daughter. At the Chasam Sofer’s funeral in 1839, the Kesav Sofer was named as his father’s successor: Rabbi of Pressburg and director of its famous yeshiva. Through his depth of learning, piety, and charisma, the son would extend his father’s spiritual dominance of Hungarian Orthodox Jewry. His own sons in turn, were among the most prominent rabbis in Hungary, continuing the legacy of the Sofer rabbinic family.