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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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)...
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    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...
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  • Kaf Hachayim (redirect from Kaf HaChaim)
    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...
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    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...
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  • (1825–1897) Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein (1826–1873) Author of Shenos Chaim Chaim. Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld (1835–1883), (Chasan Sofer) (grandson) Rabbi Jacob...
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    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...
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    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...
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    November 1869, a decree drafted by Chaim Sofer and signed by 27 other prominent Orthodox rabbis, including Schick, Benjamin Sofer, Zwabner, Jeremiah Löw, Meir...
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    Yosef Hayyim (redirect from Yosef Chaim)
    2013), pp. 147–172 Kaf HaChaim — a more discursive, and contemporaneous, Sephardi work of Halakha by Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer. Yalkut Yosef, a contemporary...
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  • (Tzemach Tzedek; 1789–1866) Moses Sofer (Chatam Sofer) (1762–1839), Hungarian rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik ("Reb Chaim Brisker") (1853–1918), Rosh Yeshivah...
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  • 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)...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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)...
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    Molnár (born 1956), politician Anikó Nagy (born 1970), handball player Chaim Sofer (1821–1886), rabbi István Varga (born 1956), politician and economist...
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    (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...
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    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...
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    arriving at a psak supported by the Acharonim Kaf Hachayim by Yaakov Chaim Sofer - a contemporaneous Sephardi work discussing Orach Chayim and some of...
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    Rabbi Yehuda Ftaya, author of Beit Lechem Yehudah, and Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer, author of Kaf Hachaim. He later immersed himself in regular Talmudic...
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    Sephardi sages including Yosef Hayyim ("Ben Ish Chai"), and Yaakov Chaim Sofer ("Kaf HaChaim"). He issued a great number of rulings, particularly in matters...
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  • Rebbe from Cleveland, Shneur Zalmen Dancyger. Kaf hachaim by Yaakov Chaim Sofer - a contemporaneous work discussing Orach Chayim and some of Yoreh De'ah...
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  • incorporating Kabbalistic teachings. Kaf HaChaim - a discursive Sephardi work of Halakha by Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer. Notes As found in his works Yabia Omer...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Kook Gedaliah Silverstone, rabbi in Belfast and Washington, D.C. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, the Kaf Hachaim Ahron Soloveichik, rosh yeshivas Brisk, Chicago, Illinois...
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  • of Chaim Soloveichik Moses Sofer (1762–1839), (Chasam Sofer), Hungarian rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939), Baghdadi author of Kaf ha-Chaim Chaim Soloveitchik...
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    fast from Saturday to Saturday. He studied Gemara with Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer. He died on December 16, 1972 (11 Tevet 5733) and was buried on the Mount...
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