Shimon Sofer
| Shimon Sofer | |
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| Born |
December 18, 1820 (13 Tevet 5581 Anno Mundi) Pressburg |
| Died | March 26, 1883 (aged 62) (17 Adar II 5643 Anno Mundi) Krakow, Poland |
| Resting place | Krakow |
| Residence | Krakow |
| Nationality |
Austro-Hungarian Polish |
| Other names | Rabbi Simon Schreiber, the Michtav Sofer |
| Occupation | Chief Rabbi |
| Spouse(s) | Miriam Sternberg |
| Children | Akiva, Yisrael David Simcha (Bunim), Yoel, Shlomo Aleksandri, Asher, Raizel (Kornitzer), Shulamit (Roth) |
| Parent(s) | Moshe and Sarel Sofer (Schreiber) |
| Relatives | Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (Brother) |
Rabbi Shimon Sofer (1820–1883) (German: Simon Schreiber) was a prominent Austrian Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the 19th century. He was Chief Rabbi of Kraków, Poland after serving as Chief Rabbi of Mattersdorf. He was the second son of Rabbi Moshe Sofer (Chassam Sofer) of Pressburg.
As president of the Orthodox Jewish party Machzikei HaDas, Sofer was a member of the Polenklub at the Reichsrat under the Austria-Hungary monarch Franz Joseph I. He was elected as Deputy of the Kolomyia district of Galicia.
He became the foremost leader of the Orthodox Jews of Galicia in religious as well as in worldly matters. As a Halakhist and Talmudist he authored commentary and responsa in a work known today as Michtav Sofer.
Rabbi Shimon Sofer was born 13 Tevet 5581 (December 18, (1820) in the city of Pressburg, Hungary, where his father, Rabbi Moses Schreiber (1762-1839), was serving as chief rabbi. His mother, Sarah-Sorele Schreiber (1790–1832), was the daughter of Rabbi Akiva Eger, the rabbi of Poznań, and the sister of Rabbi Abraham Moses Kalischer (1788–1812), the rabbi of Piła. She had ten other children beside him, and he lost her when he was eleven years old. He was named Shimon after his ancestor, the author of Yalkut Shimoni.
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