Rabbi Shimon Schreiber-Sofer, "Michtav Sofer"

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Rabbi Shimon Schreiber-Sofer, "Michtav Sofer"

Hebrew: רב שמעון סופר-שרייבער, מכתב סופר
Also Known As: "קראקא רב"
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Birthplace: Bratislava, Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Death: February 24, 1883 (62)
Kraków, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Place of Burial: Kraków, Małopolskie, Polska
Immediate Family:

Son of Rabbi Moshe Sofer-Schreiber, ''Hatam Sofer'' and Sorel-Sarah Schreiber-Sofer, Kalischer
Husband of Miriam Sofer Schreiber
Father of Rabbi Akiva Schreiber; Reizel Kornitzer / Klein; Yisrael David Dov Sofer (Schreiber); R' Yoel Schreiber-Sofer; Charlotte Roth and 5 others
Brother of Rbzn. Hindel Ehrenfeld-Kadelburg; Gittel Kornitzer, Spitzer (Sofer Schreiber); R' Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer; Chana Yittel Geiger; Simcha Cäcilie Lehmann and 6 others
Half brother of Gleuckchen Kalischer; Fradel Rodisch Gins-Schlesinger and Rivka Issacsohn

Occupation: Rabbi of Krakov
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About Rabbi Shimon Schreiber-Sofer, "Michtav Sofer"

Rabbi Shimon Sofer (1820–1883) (German: Simon Schreiber) was a prominent 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 the famous 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. As a Halakhist and Talmudist he authored commentary and responsa in a work known today as Michtav Sofer.

יארצייט:יז אדר ראשון, ה'תרמג

1913-1990-The Eger Family Association- אילן ז

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About רב שמעון סופר-שרייבער, מכתב סופר (עברית)

אבדק"ק מטסדורף - קראקא

יסד עם הגאון הקדוש ר' יהושע מבלז את ארגון "מחזיקי הדת" ושימש כנשיאו. שנים רבות היה ציר היהדות החרדית של גליציה בפרלמנט האוסטרי

בעמח"ס שו"ת מכתב סופר

נולד י"ג טבת תקפ"א - נפטר בקראקא ט"ז אדר ב תרמ"ג

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Rabbi Shimon Schreiber-Sofer, "Michtav Sofer"'s Timeline

1820
December 18, 1820
Bratislava, Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
1839
August 30, 1839
Papa, Hungary
1844
1844
1846
January 5, 1846
Mattersburg, Mattersburg District, Burgenland, Austria
1847
April 13, 1847
Mattersdorf, Feldkirchen In Kärnten, Feldkirchen, Kärnten, 9560, Austria
1853
October 3, 1853
Mattersburg, Mattersburg District, Burgenland, Austria
1856
October 27, 1856
Mattersburg, Mattersburg, Burgenland, Austria
1883
February 24, 1883
Age 62
Kraków, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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