Avrohom Bornsztain
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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
Ohel (gravesite) of the Avnei Nezer and his son, the Shem Mishmuel, in Sochaczew
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.
Shmuel Bornsztain, Hebrew calendar, also spelled Borenstein or Bernstein, was the second Rebbe of the Sochatchov Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the Shem Mishmuel by the title of his nine-volume work
Avrohom Bornsztain
…of the Crown") 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. Born in Będzin, Poland on 14 October 1838, Bornsztain was a descendant of the Rema and the Shach. He…
Shmuel Bornsztain, Shem Mishmuel