Ludwig Lichtschein
Ludwig Lajos Lichtschein | |
|---|---|
| Title | Rabbi |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1820 |
| Died | 1886 (aged 65–66) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Ludwig Lajos Lichtschein (1820 – 1886) was a Hungarian rabbi.
Biography
Lichtschein was born in Komorn in 1820. He studied at Pápa, gained a doctorate of philosophy, and was rabbinical assessor of Austerlitz, Nagykanizsa, and Esztergom.[1][2][3] He became a student of rabbi Lazar Horowitz.[4]
Lichtschein worked as an assistant rabbi 1865 to 1868.[5] In 1866, while serving in Nagykanizsa, he would notably advocate for the need to encourage patriotism among the Jewish youth.[6] He would go on to become one of the most prominent rabbis in Austerlitz.[5]
From 1876 until his death, Lichtschein was rabbi at Somogy-Csurgó while writing more works.[1][7]
Lichtschein died in 1886 in Ofen.[8]
Published Works
Lichtschein was the author of the following works:[1]
- A Zsidók Kőzép és Jelenkori Helyzetők (Gross Kanizsa, 1866), on the condition of the Jews in medieval and modern times
- Die Dreizehn Glaubensartikel (Brünn, 1870), a sermon
- Der Targum zu den Propheten (in Stern's Ha-Meḥaḳḳer, i)
- Der Talmud und der Socialismus (ib. iii); Kossuth Lajos és a Sátoraljaúhelyi Rabbi (in Magyar Zsidó Szémle, 1885), on Kossuth and the rabbi of Sátoralja-Ujhely.
References
- ^ a b c Singer, Isidore; Venetianer, Ludwig. "LICHTSCHEIN, LUDWIG". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ Lichtschein, Lajos (1870). דברי אליעזר (in German). C. Winiker.
- ^ Szinnyei, Jozsef (1900). Magyar írók: élete és munkái (in Hungarian). Hornyánszky.
- ^ Lichtschein, Ludwig (1868). Trauerrede für meinen am ... 12. Juni verstorbenen unvergesslichen Lehrer ... Lazar Horowitz ... (in German). Eigenverlag.
- ^ a b Singer, Isidore (1905). The Jewish Encyclopedia: Morawczyk-Philippson. Funk & Wagnalls Company.
- ^ Gyáni, Gábor (2021-09-30). The Creation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: A Hungarian Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-44102-4.
- ^ "Die" jüdische Litteratur seit Abschluss der Kanons: Geschichte der poetischen, kabbalistischen, historischen und neuzeitlichen Litteratur der Juden. 1896 (in German). S. Mayer. 1896.
- ^ Rottenberg, Dan (1986). Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-1151-7.