Shmuel Ehrenfeld
Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld | |
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Gravestone in Har HaMenuchot cemetery of Jerusalem | |
| Title | Mattersdorfer Rav |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Shmuel Ehrenfeld 1891 Mattersdorf, Austria |
| Died | May 22, 1980 (aged 88–89) New York City |
| Buried | Jerusalem |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Spouse | Rochel Ehrenfeld |
| Children | 6, including Akiva Ehrenfeld |
| Parent(s) | Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld Gittel Krauss |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Haredi |
| Semikhah | Meir Arik and Yosef Engel |
Shmuel Ehrenfeld (Yiddish: שמואל עהרענפעלד, 1891–1980), known as the Mattersdorfer Rav, was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi in pre-war Austria and later in post-war America. He established Yeshivas Ch'san Sofer in New York City and taught thousands of students who went on to become leaders of American Torah Jewry. He also founded the neighborhood of Kiryat Mattersdorf in Jerusalem, where his son and grandson became prominent Torah educators. He was the great-great-grandson of the Chasam Sofer through the Chasam Sofer's daughter Hindel, who married Rabbi Dovid Tzvi Ehrenfeld.