A report on Moses Sofer
One of the leading Orthodox rabbis of European Jewry in the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Orthodox Judaism
8 linksCollective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism.
Collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism.
The leader and organizer of the Orthodox camp during the dispute, and the most influential figure in early Orthodoxy, was Rabbi Moses Sofer of Pressburg, Hungary.
Haredi Judaism
7 linksHaredi Judaism (יהדות חֲרֵדִית , ; also spelled Charedi in English; plural Haredim or Charedim) consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to halakha (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to modern values and practices.
Haredi Judaism (יהדות חֲרֵדִית , ; also spelled Charedi in English; plural Haredim or Charedim) consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to halakha (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to modern values and practices.
Moses Sofer was opposed to any philosophical, social, or practical change to customary Orthodox practice.
Talmud
6 linksCentral text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.
Central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.
Some Orthodox leaders such as Moses Sofer (the Chatam Sofer) became exquisitely sensitive to any change and rejected modern critical methods of Talmud study.
Schism in Hungarian Jewry
5 linksThe institutional division of the Jewish community in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1869 and 1871, following a failed attempt to establish a national, united representative organization.
The institutional division of the Jewish community in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1869 and 1871, following a failed attempt to establish a national, united representative organization.
He served mainly as a rallying point for Hungarian Orthodoxy, led by the uncompromising Moses Sofer of Pressburg, who was determined to forestall any deviation.
Hasidic Judaism
8 linksJewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century, and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe.
Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century, and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe.
Rabbi Moses Sofer of Pressburg, while no friend to Hasidism, tolerated it as he combated the forces which sought modernization of the Jews; a generation later, in the 1860s, the Rebbes and the zealot Haredi rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein allied closely.
Pressburg Yeshiva (Austria-Hungary)
3 linksThe largest and most influential Yeshiva in Central Europe in the 19th century.
The largest and most influential Yeshiva in Central Europe in the 19th century.
It was founded in the city of Pressburg, Austrian Empire (today Bratislava, Slovakia) by Rabbi Moshe Sofer (known as the Chasam Sofer or Chatam Sofer ) and was considered the largest Yeshiva since the time of the Babylonian Talmud.
Yochanan Sofer
4 linksThe Rebbe of the Erlau dynasty, which though not the largest in the number of its adherents is still a significant movement within Haredi Judaism.
The Rebbe of the Erlau dynasty, which though not the largest in the number of its adherents is still a significant movement within Haredi Judaism.
Sofer was a great-great-grandson of Rabbi Moses Sofer (1762–1839), known as the Chasam Sofer.
Shimon Sofer (Hungarian rabbi)
4 linksThe Rav of the Hungarian city of Eger (Erlau) and the progenitor of the Erlauer Hasidic dynasty.
The Rav of the Hungarian city of Eger (Erlau) and the progenitor of the Erlauer Hasidic dynasty.
The Ksav Sofer was the son of Rabbi Moses Sofer (1762 – 1839), known as the Chasam Sofer, the rabbi of Pressburg (present-day Bratislava) and the leading rabbinical figure of Orthodox Judaism in Hungary and the Austrian Empire, as well as one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of his day.
Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer
3 linksOne of the leading rabbis of Hungarian Jewry in the second half of the nineteenth century and rosh yeshiva of the famed Pressburg Yeshiva.
One of the leading rabbis of Hungarian Jewry in the second half of the nineteenth century and rosh yeshiva of the famed Pressburg Yeshiva.
His father, the famed Chasam Sofer, Rabbi of Pressburg, was the leader of Hungarian Jewry and one of the leading Rabbi's of European Jewry.
Hillel Lichtenstein
3 linksHungarian rabbi and the leader of hasidic Orthodoxy in Hungary.
Hungarian rabbi and the leader of hasidic Orthodoxy in Hungary.
After studying at the yeshiva of the Chassam Sofer, he married in 1837 the daughter of a well-to-do resident of Galanta, where he remained until 1850, when he was elected rabbi of Margarethen (Szent Margit).