# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/avrohom-bornsztain
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:05:39.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/avrohom-bornsztain"
name: "Avrohom Bornsztain"
slug: "avrohom-bornsztain"
description: "Avrohom Bornsztain, also spelled Avraham Borenstein or Bernstein, was a leading posek in late-nineteenth-century Europe and founder and first Rebbe of the Sochatchover Hasidic dynasty. He is known as the Avnei Nezer after the title of his posthumously published set of Torah responsa, which is widely acknowledged as a halakhic classic. His only son, Shmuel, author of Shem Mishmuel, succeeded him as Rebbe."
tagline: "Polish rabbi (1838-1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%90%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%98%D7%9C.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1838-10-14"
deathDate: "1910-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.954141333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrohom_Bornsztain"
    title: "Avrohom Bornsztain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "אברהם בורנשטיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Bornsztajn"
    title: "Abraham Bornsztajn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "אברהם בארנשטיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2909191"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump