Avrohom Bornsztajn
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| Avrohom Bornsztajn | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sochatshover Rebbe | ||
| Term | 1870 – 1910 | |
| Full name | Avrohom Bornsztajn | |
| Main work | Avnei Neizer | |
| Born | 1838 | |
| Bendin | ||
| Predecessor | (first) | |
| Successor | Shmuel Bornsztajn | |
| Father | Zeiv Nochum, rov of Biala | |
| Wife 1 | Soro Cyna (daughter of Kotsker Rebbe) | |
| Issue 1 | Shmuel | |
Rabbi Avrohom Bornsztajn was born in 1838 to his father Rabbi Ze'ev Nochum of Biala, author of Agudat Eizow. He was a rebbe of with thousands of of hasidic followers. He was appointed Av Beit Din of Sochaczew in 1883 and wrote responsa collected in a work named Avnei Neizer, (Stones of the Crown).
[edit] Biography
Avrohom Bornsztajn was born on 14 October 1839 in Bendin, Poland. He was an outstanding genius and already at the age of 10 wrote Talmudic novellae. His teacher was the Kotsker Rebbe, who subsequently became his father-in-law, when Avrohom married his daughter Soro Tsina. After the death of Rabbi Chanoch Heynekh of Alexander in 1870 he became a rebbe; his chasidim were eventually numbered in the thousands. He served as Av Beit Din of the Jewish community in Krushnevits, and later as ABD of Nasielsk. In 1883 he was appointed Av Beit Din of Sochaczew.
Difficult halachic questions were addressed to him from all over Poland. He died on 7 February 1910. His responsa were published by his son and his grandson as the seven volumes of Responsa Avnei Nezer. He also composed Eglei Tal on the prohibited Sabbath works (Melakhot). Many of his Torah sayings to his chasidim appear in Shem MiShmuel.
The homilies which he delivered before his listeners on Sabbath were collected and printed after the Holocaust in the book Ne'ot Deshe' (two parts) together with the Torah thoughts of his successors as Sochatshover Rebbes. His biography, Abir ha-Ro'im, was published in Pietrkov in 1935. He also left many writings in manuscript including novellae on Maimonides, Tur. Presently, his Talmudic novellae arranged according to the order of the Tractates are being edited.
His son, the tzaddik Rabbi Shmuel Bornsztajn, succeeded him to the rabbinate of Sochaczew and as Sochatshover Rebbe. He authored the well-known work Shem miShemuel.
