Rav Akiva Sofer Daas Sofer

Rav Akiva Sofer of Pressburg, mechaber of Daas Sofer, was the son of Rav Simcha Bunim Sofer (the Shevet Sofer), grandson of the Kesav Sofer (Rav Avrohom Shmuel Binyomin Sofer) and the great-grandson of the Chasam Sofer (Rav Moshe Sofer). Three continuous generations – the Chasam Sofer, the Kesav Sofer and the Shevet Sofer – all served as Rav of Pressburg for thirty-three years. When Rav Akiva Sofer neared his thirty-third year as Rav, he asked his uncle, the Erlauer Rav, what to do. Upon his uncle’s advice, the Daas Sofer moved to Eretz Yisrael in 1940, thus saving himself from the horrors of World War II.