Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer - Ksav Sofer

we're here and this magnificent view overlooking the danube river but even more magnificent is the malcolm that we're standing on this is pointman live from 1815 to 1872 and in the latter part of the 19th century he was one of the leading uh gadolim for hungarian jews and for world jewry at already 33 years old he finished his safer on gittin he only lived 57 years but his brother testifies about him that if you would see the number of hidusham he and while he was almost while he was laden with running the yeshiva he says it's how is it possible for a human being to have accomplished so much it's big there or in a minor minion it's together that when somebody's so devoted to rochnias it doesn't take up time it doesn't take up space well he lived 57 years he was born on the first day of adar bays and he was nifter the last day of the solar year december 31st in 1871 just uh to mention at six years old his name was shmuel vault small benjamin he was called shmoevalf and he fell ill the doctors gave up on him and the family the sam soyfer added a name they added the name avram and they already called the cover kadisha and they already lit the candles the doctors said there was nothing left they could do they came to maybe you could pray but you know we're done with whatever we could do and the sam server goes into his corner to pray by his manuscripts and as he's praying the little boy cries out shema you swallow as if it was his last moment and suddenly get her for him and they asked some surfer what were you a misfollow that was mispalo he should live another yoivel which he lived exactly 50 years another 50 years until 57 years old the first filo was in escabel another 50 years just want to mention that cypher said said that it is his sole desire to teach suggest to his tamidim so even though maybe the greater oil at large wanted to hear drushas and to say a drasha or rabbanam no you need to speak in the proper intonation and the pop it has to be calculated and has to be prepared but then it takes away time from learning and but the covet of the rabbanus comes from the speaking and the oratory ability well says except suffer it is my sole desire to teach talmidim and i will go give up all the covert of this world to be fully dedicated to learning shasp eon it's written about the sofa that his derek and learning was to go through the suggya bipilpal and to come out alibaba which he said was a much more difficult mahalak than his father but he was so immersed and so um connected and so uh he was doing this mahalakh for so many years he couldn't change and it's almost unimaginable but they say about the surfer that if you were to see him sitting surrounded by his tamidim learning the ion be pilpula dairy anyone who didn't see this never saw torah in their life this is the masiras nephesh and the dedication of the ksab surfer to be marbet's torah and to be muhammad tamid harbai and until this day all of claudia saw basks in the great glory and light of the sofa