Joseph Lewinstein

Rabbi Josef Lewinsten

Josef "Josek" Lewinsten (Lewinsztejn) was a Jewish rabbi and religious author born on July 11, 1842 at Lublin under the Russian Partition of Poland. He was a member of the family of rabbis and Talmudists which includes the author of Pene Yehoshua and the Lebushim. Josek was the son of Rabbi Abram Abuś Lewinszteyn and Chana Lewensztein (Himmelfarb).[1]

In 1860, at the age of twenty, he became the rabbi of Karol in the governorate of Plotzk (Płock). In 1868, he became the rabbi of Zaklikov in the governorate of Lublin and then in 1875 he was rabbi of Serock in the governorate of Łomża. He died in 1924 in Serock, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.

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  1. Noam Finger (2014). "Rabbi Josef Lewinsten (Lewinsztejn)". MyHeritage Family Trees. Geni. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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