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Avrohom Bornsztain

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Polish rabbi (1838-1910)

Lived 1838 to 1910 · aged 71
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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.

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Ohel (gravesite) of the Avnei Nezer and his son, the Shem Mishmuel, in SochaczewOhel (gravesite) of the Avnei Nezer and his son, the Shem Mishmuel, in SochaczewMarker in the Jewish cemetery memorializing the Jews of Sochaczew murdered by the Nazis.Marker in the Jewish cemetery memorializing the Jews of Sochaczew murdered by the Nazis.Jewish cemetery in Sochaczew, with the restored, red-brick ohel in background.Jewish cemetery in Sochaczew, with the restored, red-brick ohel in background.

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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.

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Lived 1838 to 1910 · aged 71
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