Moses Schreiber (1762–1839), known to his own community and Jewish posterity in the Hebrew translation as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work Chatam...
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Cleveland, Ohio Moses Sofer (1762–1839; Yiddish: משה סופר), a leading Orthodox rabbi of European Jewry in the early 19th century Moses Montefiore (1784–1885)...
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was Rabbi Moses Sofer of Pressburg, Hungary. Historian Jacob Katz regarded him as the first to grasp the realities of the modern age. Sofer understood...
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(1807–1879), a student of Moses Sofer, states in his book of Responsa, She’eilos u’teshuvos Maharam Schick (Orach Chaim 152,) that Moses Sofer gave the ruling in...
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Chatam Sofer Memorial, formerly the Old Jewish Cemetery is the burial place and memorial of Moses Sofer, a prominent orthodox rabbi from the 19th century...
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to watch their own idolatrous behavior". Chasam Sofer emphasizes that this war was not fought at Moses' behest, but was commanded by God as an act of revenge...
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scribe from Amsterdam Moses Sofer (1762–1839), Orthodox rabbi also known by the name of his most famous work the Chatam Sofer Ofir Sofer, Israeli politician...
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succeeded by Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, a disciple of the Shevet Sofer, one of the grandchildren of Moses Sofer. Dushinsky promised to build up a strong Jewish Orthodoxy...
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Torah (redirect from Five Books of Moses)
Hellenistic period. The words of the Torah are written on a scroll by a scribe (sofer) in Hebrew. A Torah portion is read every Monday morning and Thursday morning...
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Another community developed in Nagymarton under the leadership of Rabbi Moses Sofer (1763–1839). All seven communities fell victim to the persecution of...
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Hamburg Temple. He drew the ire of Hungarian Orthodoxy headed by Rabbi Moses Sofer of Pressburg, and, as well, had but meager following in his country....
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by the Jewish population there until World War II. Rabbi Moshe Sofer, (German: Moses Schreiber), (1762–1839) and his teachings are the cornerstone and...
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minority. In 1806 when the city was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, Rabbi Moses Sofer established the Pressburg Yeshiva and the city emerged as the center...
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Abraham Bing, rabbi in Würzburg, Sekl Loeb Wormser, and especially Moses Sofer (Schreiber), rabbi in Presburg. Nathan Adler devoted himself to the study...
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who was the son of Moses Sofer (1762 – 1839), known as the Chasam Sofer, the rabbi of Pressburg (present-day Bratislava). Sofer lived the early part...
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forces with those now termed Orthodox against the rising liberals. Rabbi Moses Sofer of Pressburg, while no friend to Hasidism, tolerated it as he combated...
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scholar Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (Tzemach Tzedek; 1789–1866) Moses Sofer (Chatam Sofer) (1762–1839), Hungarian rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik ("Reb Chaim Brisker")...
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Chayei Adam Yaakov Lorberbaum (1762-1830), Nesivos HaMishpat Moses Sofer (1762–1839), Chasam Sofer Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), Tzemach Tzedek...
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a rallying point for Hungarian Orthodoxy, led by the uncompromising Moses Sofer of Pressburg, who was determined to forestall any deviation. The conservatives...
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utter rejection of modernity, widely applying the words of his teacher, Moses Sofer: "All that is new is forbidden by the Torah." Schlesinger accorded Yiddish...
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Jerusalem. Sofer's father Moshe Sofer, grandfather Shimon Sofer, great-grandfather Samuel Benjamin Sofer and great-great-grandfather Moses Sofer (known as...
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Mordechai Efraim Fischel. Sofer attended the famous yeshiva of Rabbi Moses Sofer (no relation) in Pressburg, and was considered his "most distinguished...
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Shulchan Aruch (section Moses Isserles)
Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Yechezkel Landau (Dagul Mervavah), Rabbis Akiva Eger, Moses Sofer, and Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Birkei Yosef) whose works are widely...
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on the chief rabbinate of Moravia after the death of Marcus Benedict, Moses Sofer, Responsa, Oraḥ Ḥayyim, 13). The transfer of the Jews from the status...
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the Scribe. In full, lit. The Innovations of Moses Sofer's Teachings; a book written by Rabbi Moses Sofer containing novellae on the Talmud. 2) The author...
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ground-level) restored portion of the Jewish cemetery where 19th-century Rabbi Moses Sofer is buried, located at the base of the castle hill near the entrance to...
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originate from a Hasidic background, but from the talmidim (students) of Moses Sofer. The founder of the Dushinsky dynasty was Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky...
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known as the Orthodox movement. Some Orthodox leaders such as Moses Sofer (the Chatam Sofer) became exquisitely sensitive to any change and rejected modern...
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Hungary in the first half of the nineteenth century. A peer of Moses Sofer of Pressburg, Koppel Charif presided over what was at one time the largest...
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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...
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