Moshe Shmuel Glasner

Who was Moshe Shmuel Glasner?

Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, a prominent Hungarian Talmudic scholar and communal leader, served as chief rabbi of Klausenburg from 1877 to 1923. In 1923 he left Klausenburg for Jerusalem where he resided until his death in 1924. He is best known as the author of Dor Revi'i, a classic commentary on the tractate Hullin, and as a supporter of Zionism and a founder of Mizrachi.

His father was Rabbi Avraham Glasner, who preceded him as chief rabbi of Klausenburg, and was in fact his only teacher. His mother, Raizl, was the oldest granddaughter of the Chatam Sofer.