Honorific-Prefix: | Rabbi |
Abraham Lichtstein | |
Birth Date: | Late 18th century |
Birth Place: | Białystok, Poland |
Death Date: | 19th century |
Nationality: | Polish |
Occupation: | Rabbi, Talmudist |
Known For: | Kanfei Nesharim |
Av Beis Din | |
Post: | Av Beis Din of Przasnysz, Poland |
Parents: | Rabbi Eliezer Lipman Lichtstein |
Works: | Kanfei Nesharim |
Abraham Lichtstein (Hebrew: אברהם לכטשטיין) was a Polish rabbi and Talmudist. He served as the Av Beis Din of Przasnysz, Poland[1] and authored a commentary on the Pentateuch entitled Kanfei Nesharim (Hebrew: כנפי נשרים, "Wings of Eagles").
Lichtstein was born in Białystok at the end of the eighteenth century. He was the son of Rabbi Eliezer Lipman Lichtstein and grandson of Rabbi Kalman of Białystok. His major work, Kanfei Nesharim, was published in Warsaw in 1881. The sefer is divided into several parts, each with a separate name:
The whole work was published together with the text of the Pentateuch (Josefow, 1829) and republished without the text (Vilna, 1894).
Lichtstein also authored a commentary on the Sefer ha-Tappuach, which was published together with the text in the Grodno edition of 1799.