Yozef Yozpa Sofer

Yosef Yozpa Sofer 1819–1883 (Hebrew: יוסף יוזפא סופר‎) (German: Jozseph Jozspe Schreiber) was the third son of Rabbi Moshe Sofer (Chassam Sofer) of Pressburg, brother of Rabbi Samuel Benjamin Sofer and Rabbi Shimon Sofer.[1]

Yosef Yozpa Sofer
Born1819
Pressburg
Died1883
en route Hlohovec
Resting placeŠúrovce
NationalityAustria-Hungary
Spouse(s)Sarel
ChildrenAkiva, Moshe, Raizel (Greenwald)
Parent(s)Moshe and Sarel Sofer (Schreiber)
RelativesAvraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (Brother) Shimon Sofer (Brother) Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald (Son in law)

Life

Yosef Yozpa was born in 1819 in the city of Pressburg, Hungary, where his father was serving as Chief Rabbi. His mother Sarel (1790–1832), was the daughter of Rabbi Akiva Eger, Rav of Poznań. She was the widow of Rabbi Avraham Moshe Kalischer (1788–1812), Rabbi of Piła.

He married Sarel (Hebrew: שרל‎) the daughter of Elchanan from the village Šúrovce (Hebrew: שיראוויטץ‎). They lived in Šúrovce where Yosef Yozpa was a merchant. Together they had three children, Moshe, Akiva and Raizel. Raizel married the famed Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald (1845–1920).[2]

Death

In 1883, Yosef Yozpa was ambushed and killed in an open field whilst riding to Hlohovec (German: Freistadt(l) an der Waag, Hungarian Galgóc) by a debt ower. His wagon driver escaped the incident. With no driver reining, the horses instinctly returned to his home in Šúrovce carrying the dying Yosef Yozpa in the carriage. He was found dead upon arrival. He was buried in Šúrovce.

After this incident, his wife moved to the city of Szatmárnémeti (Satmar) where she lived to her last day aside her daughter and son in law. She is buried in the Jewish cemetery there.[1][3][4]

References
  1. Schwartz, Joseph (1938). זכרון למשה (in Hebrew). Grosswardein. pp. 87–88. LCCN 93826268. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. Gestetner, Nathan (2006). "שיחה יג". In Hass, Yosef Meir (ed.). שיחות מלוה מלכה. 2. Bnei Brak, Israel: Yeshivat Panim Me'irot. p. 133. OCLC 85772936.
  3. "CEMETERY SATU MARE, SATMAR, ROMANIA" (PDF). 12 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. "ציון פון הרה"ק ר' יוסף יוזפא הי"ד זון פון מרן החתם סופר זצ"ל אנטדעקט אין א גאר פארנאכלעסיגטן מצב" [Gravesite of Rabbi Yosef Yozpa, son of the Chasam Sofer, is discovered in a very neglected state]. Der Yid (in Yiddish). 12 July 2013. p. B44. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
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