Israel Lipschitz

Yisrael Lifschitz was a leading 19th-century Ashkenazi rabbi, first in Dessau and then in the Jewish Community of Danzig. He was the author of the commentary "Tiferes Yisrael" on the Mishnah.

Biography

Lipshitz's father's name was Gedalia.
Lipshitz led the life of an ascetic, frequently fasted three days in succession, and studied incessantly. His ethical will contains twenty-eight paragraphs, consisting chiefly of moral and ascetic precepts. He left in manuscript many notes to the Shulchan Aruch and to Maimonides' (Rambam's) Mishneh Torah, a comprehensive treatise on the order Taharos, and many responsa.

Works

Lipshitz was the author of Tiferes Yisrael, a well-known commentary on the Mishnah. The edition of the Mishnah containing this commentary is often referred to as "Mishnayos Yachin uBoaz". The commentary is divided into two parts, one more general and one more analytical, titled "Yachin" and "Boaz" respectively.
He also wrote Derush Ohr HaChayim which debates the eternality of the soul and the age of the universe.