Aryeh Löb Feinstein (; December 6, 1821 – January 20, 1903) was a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

Jewish scholar.

Biography

Aryeh Löb Feinstein was born in Damachev,

Grodno Governorate Grodno Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Grodno. It encompassed in area and consisted of a population of 1,603,409 inhabitants by 1897. Gro ...

, in 1821. After devoting many years to the study of the

Talmud The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskalah#Effects, modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cen ...

, he worked as a foreman for a firm in Brest. In his commercial dealings with Christian merchants, he acquired a knowledge of languages. He later established his own successful business, amassing substantial wealth. Feinstein actively participated in the Jewish community's affairs, serving as its '' parnas'' for many years. Among other works, he was the author of ''Elef ha-Magen'' (Warsaw, 1870), a commentary on the Passover

Haggadah The Haggadah (, "telling"; plural: Haggadot) is a foundational Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. According to Jewish practice, reading the Haggadah at the Seder table fulfills the mitzvah incumbent on every Jew to reco ...

, and ''Ir Tehillah'' (Warsaw, 1886), a history of the Jewish community of Brest-Litovsk, co-written with Abraham Marcus Finkelstein.

Selected publications

* * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Feinstein, Aryeh Löb 1821 births 1903 deaths 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire 19th-century Jews from the Russian Empire Historians of Jews and Judaism Jewish historians Jewish writers from the Russian Empire Writers from Brest, Belarus