Chaim Sofer (also known as the Machne Chaim, the name of his responsa) (September 29, 1821 – June 28, 1886) was a renowned Hungarian rabbi and "scholarly...

Yaakov Chaim Sofer (Hebrew: יעקב חיים סופר, 1870-1939) was a Sephardic rabbi, kabbalist, talmudist and poseq. He is the author of Kaf Hakhaim, a work...

A sofer, sopher, sofer SeTaM, or sofer ST"M (Hebrew: סופר סת״ם, "scribe"; plural soferim, סופרים) is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Sifrei Kodesh (holy...

Rena Sofer (born 1968), American actress Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (1815–1871), Hungarian rabbi also known as the Ktav Sofer Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939)...

in the Hebrew translation as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work Chatam Sofer, Chasam Sofer, or Hatam Sofer (trans. Seal of the Scribe, and acronym...

widely cited codes of Jewish law. It may refer to: a work by Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer a work by Rabbi Hayim Palaggi This disambiguation page lists articles...

and decisor Chaim Sofer, the "zealots" were shocked by the demise of the traditional world into which they had been born. Like Moses Sofer a generation...

(1825–1897) Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein (1826–1873) Author of Shenos Chaim Chaim. Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld (1835–1883), (Chasan Sofer) (grandson) Rabbi Jacob...

Shlomo Zonnenfeld, died when Chaim was five years old. Sonnenfeld was a student of Samuel Benjamin Sofer (the Ksav Sofer). Sonnenfeld was the right-hand...

haste or fatigue. In the late 19th-century work Kaf Hachaim, Yaakov Chaim Sofer approves of the custom for Sephardi Jews as well. Some Jews also oppose...

2013), pp. 147–172 Kaf HaChaim — a more discursive, and contemporaneous, Sephardi work of Halakha by Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer. Yalkut Yosef, a contemporary...

(Tzemach Tzedek; 1789–1866) Moses Sofer (Chatam Sofer) (1762–1839), Hungarian rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik ("Reb Chaim Brisker") (1853–1918), Rosh Yeshivah...

November 1869, a decree drafted by Chaim Sofer and signed by 27 other prominent Orthodox rabbis, including Schick, Benjamin Sofer, Zwabner, Jeremiah Löw, Meir...

HaBosem Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940), Achiezer Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) Eliezer David Greenwald (1867–1928), Keren L'Dovid Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939)...

Other Hasidim rely on the works of a famous Baghdadi Kabbalist Yaakov Chaim Sofer who makes mention of the plant "ruda" (רודה) as an effective device against...

criticizes the final verse for rudely urging the angels on. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, in his work Kaf Hachayim, (262:16) notes: ומנהגינו לומר אחר ברכוני לשלום...

Aruch HaShulchan he'Atid. Kaf HaChaim on Orach Chayim and parts of Yoreh De'ah, by the Sephardi sage Yaakov Chaim Sofer (Baghdad and Jerusalem, 1870–1939)...

Molnár (born 1956), politician Anikó Nagy (born 1970), handball player Chaim Sofer (1821–1886), rabbi István Varga (born 1956), politician and economist...

(author of Yalkut Sofer) Judah, rabbi in Kadelburg, Yemring, Miklosh and Arad (author of Mate Yehudah and the father-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Sofer of Munkacs and...

arriving at a psak supported by the Acharonim Kaf Hachayim by Yaakov Chaim Sofer - a contemporaneous Sephardi work discussing Orach Chayim and some of...

David Zvi Hoffmann and Joseph Hirsch Dünner. The Iraqi rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer notes that the text of the Gemara has had changes and additions, and...

Sephardi sages including Yosef Hayyim ("Ben Ish Chai"), and Yaakov Chaim Sofer ("Kaf HaChaim"). He issued a great number of rulings, particularly in matters...

Rabbi Yehuda Ftaya, author of Beit Lechem Yehudah, and Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer, author of Kaf Hachaim. He later immersed himself in regular Talmudic...

Rebbe from Cleveland, Shneur Zalmen Dancyger. Kaf hachaim by Yaakov Chaim Sofer - a contemporaneous work discussing Orach Chayim and some of Yoreh De'ah...

incorporating Kabbalistic teachings. Kaf HaChaim - a discursive Sephardi work of Halakha by Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer. Notes As found in his works Yabia Omer...

blow shofar on shabbos or even hold the shofar (mukzah). Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer writes that this custom should be continued in a place where the Jewish...

standard texts, as well as works by Yosef Hayyim, Yehuda Fatiyah and Yaakov Chaim Sofer. Kabbalistic sources are brought in halachik works such as Kaf Hachaim...

Kook Gedaliah Silverstone, rabbi in Belfast and Washington, D.C. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, the Kaf Hachaim Ahron Soloveichik, rosh yeshivas Brisk, Chicago, Illinois...

of Chaim Soloveichik Moses Sofer (1762–1839), (Chasam Sofer), Hungarian rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939), Baghdadi author of Kaf ha-Chaim Chaim Soloveitchik...

Prayer (1993, NJ, Jason Aronson) s.v. Avinu Malkaynu, page 57. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, Kaf Hayaim OH 484:1 s"k 8 ומרן ז"ל שלא כתב זה בש"ע נראה משום שכתב בב"י...