Eliezer Zussman-Sofer

Who was Eliezer Zussman-Sofer?

Eliezer Zussman-Sofer was a Hungarian rabbi and head of a yeshivah. He was the son of Rabbi Mordechai Efraim Fischel Sofer-Zussman of Pressburg and a son-in-law of Rabbi Joel Ungar of Shochtiz and Paks.

Zussman-Sofer was rabbi of Halas in 1850 and Paks in 1880. He authoured a number of works including Yalkut Eliezer, Et Sofer, Meleah Ketoret and Damesek Eliezer.

All of his sons became rabbis:

Simon, rabbi in Sendra and Paks

Joseph Leib, rabbi in Dratshke

Judah, rabbi in Kadelburg, Yemring, Miklosh and Arad

Shmuel Benjamin, rabbi in Dratshke.

His sons-in-law were Rabbi Yitzchok Yakov Blum of Sanshun and Kroly and Rabbi Amram Fischer of Yunk.

Zussman-Sofer died on the eve of Yom Kippur, October 1902.