Avrohom Bornsztain

Avrohom Bornsztain
Avrohom Bornsztain
Title	Sochatchover Rebbe
Personal
Born	Avrohom Bornsztain; 14 October 1838; Bendin
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Sara Tzina Morgenstern
Children	Shmuel Bornsztain (Shem Mishmuel); Esther
Parents	Ze'ev (Wolf) Nachum Bornsztain (father); Dobrish Erlich (mother);
Jewish leader
Predecessor	(first)
Successor	Shmuel Bornsztain
Began	1870
Ended	1910
Main work	Avnei Nezer
Dynasty	Sochatchov

Avrohom Bornsztain (14 October 1838 – 20 February 1910), 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 ("Stones of the Crown") after the title of his posthumously published set of Torah responsa, which is widely acknowledged as a halakhic classic.^[1] His only son, Shmuel, author of Shem Mishmuel, succeeded him as Rebbe.

^ Wein, Berel (October 1990). Triumph of Survival: The story of the Jews in the modern era (1650–1996). Mesorah Publications. p. 97. ISBN 0-89906-498-1.

[1] Wein, Berel (October 1990). Triumph of Survival: The story of the Jews in the modern era (1650–1996). Mesorah Publications. p. 97. ISBN 0-89906-498-1.

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