Second Marriage and Progeny
Rabbi Sofer's first wife Sarah died childless on 22 Jul 1812. He re-married to Sarel (Sarah) (1790–1832, d. 18 Adar II 5592), the widowed daughter of the illustrious Rabbi Akiva Eger, Rav of Poznań, in 1812 (23 Cheshvan 5573). She was the widow of Rabbi Avraham Moshe Kalischer (1788–1812), Rabbi of Piła, the son of Rabbi Yehuda Kalischer, author of Hayod Hachazoka.
With his second wife, the Chasam Sofer had seven daughters and three sons. The latter were: Rabbi Avrohom Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (known as the Ksav Sofer); Rabbi Shimon Sofer (known as the Michtav Sofer), who became the Rav of Kraków; and Rabbi Joseph Yuzpa Sofer.
The word Sofer is the Hebrew translation of Schreiber (scribe), which was Sofer's civil surname. Hence his descendants, many of which were respected Torah scholars, named their works along the lines of his work Chasam Sofer; as, for instance, Michtav Sofer (son), Ksav Sofer (son) the Shevet Sofer (grandson), The Yad Sofer (great-grandson) the Daas Sofer (great-grandson), The Chasan Sofer and Imrei Sofer (grandson's grandson).
The Chasam Sofer and his family lived on the bottom of Zamocka Street where the Hotel Ibis is now located.
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