Abraham Lewysohn (6 December 1805 – 14 February 1860) was a

Hebraist A Hebraist is a specialist in Jewish, Hebrew and Hebraic studies. Specifically, British and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Hebrew language and literature were commonly known by this designation, a ...

and

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

of Peiskretscham,

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...

. He left a large number of manuscripts, several hundred sermons in Hebrew and Danish, ''novellæ'' on the

Talmud The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law ('' halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the ce ...

, verses, a German work on

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, and a work titled ''Dorot Tannaim wa-Amoraim,'' a history of the

Tannaim ''Tannaim'' ( Amoraic Hebrew: תנאים , singular , ''Tanna'' "repeaters", "teachers") were the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 10–220 CE. The period of the ''Tannaim'', also referred to as the Mis ...

and Amoraim, the introduction to which, titled "Parnasat chakme ha-Talmud," was published in Kobak's ''Jeschurun'' (i, part 3, p. 81).

Publications

*''Me'ore Minhagim'' (Berlin, 1846), a critical essay on religious customs according to the Talmud, Posekim, and Midrashim (this work was afterward plagiarized by Finkelstein, Vienna, 1851); *''Shete Derashot'' (Gleiwitz, 1856), sermons; *''Toledot R. Yehoshua' ben Ḥananyah,'' biography of R. Joshua b. Hananiah (in Keller's ''Bikkurim,'' 1865); *''Toledot Rab,'' biography of Rab or

Abba Arika Abba Arikha (175–247 CE; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: ; born: ''Rav Abba bar Aybo'', ), commonly known as Rav (), was a Jewish amora of the 3rd century. He was born and lived in Kafri, Asoristan, in the Sasanian Empire. Abba Arikha establis ...

(Kobak's ''Jeschurun,'' vi and vii). Lewysohn was also a regular contributor to ''Ha-Maggid'' and to Klein's ''Jahrbuch.''

References

* ** Ludwig Lewysohn, in ''Ha-Maggid,'' vii.364; **

William Zeitlin William Zeitlin (; – 1921) was a Russian scholar and bibliographer. Biography William Zeitlin was born in Homel, Mogilev Governorate, into a prominent Jewish family from Shklov. His major work was ''Kiryat Sefer'', or ''Bibliotheca Hebraica P ...

, ''Bibl. Post-Mendels,'' pp. 208–209. 1805 births 1860 deaths 19th-century German rabbis German Hebraists Silesian Jews People from the Province of Silesia People from Pyskowice German male non-fiction writers {{Europe-rabbi-stub