Mordechai Efraim Fischel Sofer-Zussman

Mordechai Efraim Fischel Sofer-Zussman (1867–1942) was a Hungarian rabbi who served as the chief rabbi of Budapest.

Sofer-Zussman's father was Benjamin Zev Wolf Sofer-Zussman, a rabbi in Budapest and the author of Chalifot Simlat Binyamin.[1] Modecai Sofer-Zussman married the daughter of Kopel Reich, Chief Rabbi of Budapest.[2]

After becoming a rabbi, Sofer-Zussman served in several communities before becoming the head of the Yere'im Community. In 1914, he was appointed chief rabbi of Hungary to succeed Kopel Reich..[2] Sofer-Zussman wrote a commentary on the Pentateuch called Ateret Paz, which was published in Jerusalem (1967).[2]

References

  1. ^ kedem-auctions.com Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c "www.virtualjudaica.com". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

Ujvári, Péter, ed. (1929). "Sussmann Wolf". Magyar Zsidó Lexikon [hu] (in Hungarian). Budapest. p. 813.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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