Abraham Lewysohn, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Abraham Lewysohn

Hebraist and rabbi

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1805

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1860

Profession: rabbi

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Abraham Lewysohn (6 December 1805 – 14 February 1860) was a Hebraist and rabbi of Peiskretscham, Upper Silesia.
He left a large number of manuscripts, several hundred sermons in Hebrew and Danish, novellæ on the Talmud, verses, a German work on Hebrew grammar, and a work titled Dorot Tannaim wa-Amoraim, a history of the Tannaim and Amoraim, the introduction to which, titled "Parnasat chakme ha-Talmud," was published in Kobak's Jeschurun (i, part 3, p.
81).