Not to be confused with Rabbi Shimon Sofer, known as the Michtav Sofer.Shimon Sofer (II) (1850 – 2 June 1944) was the Rav of the Hungarian city of Eger (Erlau) and the progenitor of the Erlauer Hasidic dynasty. His grandson, Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, is the present-day Erlauer Rebbe in Israel.