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Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, (), also known by his main work Ksav Sofer or Ketav Sofer (trans. ''Writ of the Scribe''), (1815–1871), was 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 official German name was Samuel Wolf Schreiber. ==Early years== Shmuel Binyomin Sofer was born in Pressburg (now Bratislava) on March 13, 1815. 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. His mother Sarel (1790–1832) was the daughter of Rabbi Akiva Eger, Rabbi of Posen, one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of his time. When he was six years old, his family fell ill and among them little ''Shmuel Volf'', as he was called. The doctors had already given up on him. As a segulah they added "Avraham" to his name, but to no avail. They already called the Chevra Kadisha and lit candles as was the custom of the time and they said the last rites. Then the doctors approached his father the ''Chasam Sofer'' and said "We know that you are a Godly and holy man; if with your prayers you cannot help your son; on our part, all hope is lost". After hearing this; the ''Chasam Sofer'' went to a corner where all his manuscripts were; and said a short prayer. At that time the sick child Avraham Shmuel Binyomin in his great weakness started screaming the Shema, and their prayers were answered; Shmuel Binyomin's condition took a turn for the better. The doctors bewildered said to the ''Chasam Sofer''; now we truly know that you are a Godly man; to which he answered, "I hadn't given up hope, not even for a second." The great pupils of the ''Chasam Sofer'' later testified that the ''Chasam Sofer'' said at the time that "for one Jubilee, I begged him out"; as Shmuel Binyomin lived for another fifty years and died at age fifty six. His first teacher was Rabbi Mordechai Ephraim Fishel Sofer (not a relation, as far as is known); then he entered his father's famous Yeshiva; and became one of its outstanding students. At age eighteen in 1833 he married Chavah Leah Weiss, daughter of a Tzadik Rabbi Yitzchok Weiss from Görlitz who gave a dowry and promised to support them for six years. The wedding was held in the town of Kamaren then they settled in Pressburg where he continued his studies and helped his father with the yeshiva. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Benjamin Sofer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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