Ludwig Lajos Lichtschein (1820 – 1886) was a Hungarian

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Biography

Lichtschein was born in Komorn in 1820. He studied at

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, gained a

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, and was rabbinical assessor of Austerlitz,

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, and

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. He became a student of rabbi Lazar Horowitz. Lichtschein worked as an assistant

1865 to 1868. In 1866, while serving in Nagykanizsa, he would notably advocate for the need to encourage

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among the

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youth. He would go on to become one of the most prominent rabbis in Austerlitz. From 1876 until his death, Lichtschein was rabbi at Somogy-Csurgó while writing more works. Lichtschein died in 1886 in

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Published Works

Lichtschein was the author of the following works: * ''A Zsidók Kőzép és Jelenkori Helyzetők'' (Gross Kanizsa, 1866), on the condition of the Jews in medieval and modern times * ''Die Dreizehn Glaubensartikel'' (

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, 1870), a sermon * ''Der

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zu den Propheten'' (in Stern's ''Ha-Meḥaḳḳer,'' i) * ''Der

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und der Socialismus'' (ib. iii); ''

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és a Sátoraljaúhelyi Rabbi'' (in ''Magyar Zsidó Szémle,'' 1885), on Kossuth and the rabbi of Sátoralja-Ujhely.

References

1820 births 1886 deaths People from Komárno Hungarian rabbis {{Hungary-rabbi-stub