Abraham Lewysohn

Abraham Lewysohn was a Hebraist and rabbi of Peiskretscham, Upper Silesia. He left a large number of manuscripts, several hundred sermons in Hebrew and Danish, novellae on the Talmud, verses, a German work on Hebrew grammar, and a work titled Dorot Tannaim wa-Amoraim, a history of the Tannaim and Amoraim, the introduction to which, titled "Parnasat chakme ha-Talmud," was published in Kobak's Jeschurun.

Publications

Me'ore Minhagim, a critical essay on religious customs according to the Talmud, Posekim, and Midrashim ;
Shete Derashot, sermons;
Toledot R. Yehoshua' ben Ḥananyah, biography of R. Joshua b. Hananiah ;
Toledot Rab, biography of Rab or Abba Arika. Lewysohn was also a regular contributor to Ha-Maggid and to Klein's ''Jahrbuch.''