Josef "Josek" Lewinsten (Lewinsztejn) was a Jewish

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 o ...

and religious author born on July 11, 1842, at

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under the Russian Partition of Poland. He was a member of the family of rabbis and Talmudists which includes the author of '' Penei Yehoshua'' and the ''Lebushim''. Josek was the son of Rabbi Abram Abuś Lewinszteyn and Chana Lewensztein (Himmelfarb). In 1860, at the age of twenty, he became the rabbi of Karol in the governorate of Plotzk (Płock). In 1868, he became the rabbi of Zaklikov in the governorate of

and then in 1875 he was rabbi of Serock in the governorate of Łomża. He died in 1924 in Serock, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.

Works

*''Birkat Abraham'': About the Talmudic tractates of ''Pesahim'', ''Bezah'', and ''Hagigah''. *''Pene Abraham'': Commentary on

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*A commentary on the Haggadah of Passover *''Dor Dor we-Dorshaw'': A collection of 6,600 names of the greats of Israel of all generations, with the dates of their deaths. *Biographical articles of special genealogical value. They won him recognition as an authority in this field. These articles were published in ''Ha-Goren'', ''Ha-Eshkol'' and to other periodicals. *Appendixes to ''Ir Gibborim'' and ''Ir Tehillah''. * Letter of Approbation for Mordechai Ashkenazi's Geulat Haaretz a work advocating religious Zionism

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewinstein, Joseph 19th-century Polish rabbis 1842 births 1924 deaths