Portrait photograph of R. Simchah Bunim Sofer, Rabbi of Pressburg, author of Shevet Sofer – Vienna, [ca. 1890s-1900s].
Large photograph mounted on cabinet card of Carl Neumann's photography studio in Vienna, with copyright stamp of studio owner.
R. Simchah Bunim Sofer (1843-1907) was the son of the Ktav Sofer, and his successor as Rabbi and yeshiva dean of Pressburg from 1872. A prominent rabbi in his times, he stood at the helm of Orthodox Hungarian Jewry. Most of the Hungarian rabbis of that generation were his disciples. Among his works are Responsa Shevet Sofer on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, Shevet Sofer – novellae on the Talmud and Talmudic topics, and Shaarei Simchah on the Torah.
Height of photograph: approx. 15.5 cm. Maximal height (including card): approx. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains and defects, mainly to edges of card.
