Moshe Sofer (II)
| Rabbi Moshe Sofer HY"D | |
|---|---|
| Dayan of Erlau | |
| Yeshiva | Yeshivas Chassam Sofer - Erlau |
| Ended | 1944 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Moshe Schreiber |
| Born | 10 May 1885 Erlau, Hungary |
| Died | 12 June 1944 (21 Sivan 5704) Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland |
| Nationality |
 Hungarian |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Dynasty | Erlau (Hasidic Dynasty), Chassam Sofer |
| Parents | Rabbi Shimon Sofer (II) and Malkah Esther Spitzer |
| Spouse | Tushene Schoenfeld |
| Children | Avraham Shmuel Binyamin, Yochanan, Chava Rivka, Leah, Gitel Tobia, Reizel, |
| Occupation | Rabbi, Dayan |
Rabbi Moshe Sofer (II) (1885–1944) (German; Moses Schreiber) was a prominent Orthodox Jewish (Charedi) Rabbi in the early 20th century. He was Dayan of Erlau, Hungary and author of a halachic responsa sefer named Yad Sofer.
He was the son of Rabbi Shimon Sofer (II) (Hisorerus Tshuva), grandson of Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (Ksav Sofer) and great grandson of Rabbi Moshe Sofer (Chasam Sofer).
He was the father of Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, current rebbe of Erlau.
He perished at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
Rabbi Moshe was born on 10, May 1885 to his father Rabbi Shimon (Chief Rabbi of Erlau) and mother Malka Esther Spitzer. Malka was the daughter of Gitel Schreiber (daughter of the Chasam Sofer) and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Spitzer (1811–1893), Rabbi of Schiffschul, Vienna (author of Tikun Shlomo).
In his adolescent years, Moshe learned at the yeshiva of Rabbi Avraham Greenberg in Kežmarok, Hungary. He later learned at the Pressburg Yeshiva under the auspices of Rabbi Akiva Sofer (author of Daas Sofer).
The young Moshe soon became known as a Torah genius and would engage in written halachic responsa with great rabbis such as Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Schwadron of Berezhany, Rabbi Yitzchak Glick of Tolcsva (author of Yad Yitzchak) and Rabbi Nethanel Fried of Balmazújváros (author of Pnei Meivin).
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