Rabbi Avraham Halevi Epstein

AB"D of Rechnitz,Satnov and Rovne. Author of Birchas Avraham.

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ABD Grodno: "Rabbi Avraham the son of Rabbi Meir Halevi Epstein inherited the seat of the rabbinate of Grodno from Rabbi Efraim Zalman Shore, and served the community as the head of the rabbinical court and head of the Yeshiva in the years 5376-5384 (1616-1624). Afterward, he was invited to serve in the rabbinate of Brisk, and later in Lublin. He maintained a correspondence with the Maharsha, the famous rabbi of Austria, and his halachic responsa were collected in the latest edition of "Beit Chadash", and also in the "Pnei Yehoshua", and in the "Responsa of the latter day Rabbis". He passed away in the year 5403 (1643)." https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/grodno/gro032.html#15r

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There is some confusion here as to the correct father of the son Nakhman. According to Otsr HaRabanim, he is R' Nachman haLevi Epstein, A.B.D. Bar, Ukraine (# 15995), son of Rav Avraham HaLevi ben Meir Halevy Segal Epstein, AB"D Horodne & Brisk (# 681), and brother of Yechiel Michel Halevi Epstein (# 9303), the latter being the son in law of the Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe, Ba׳al "Halevushim" (# 13847). At the moment he is shown as being the son of Rabbi Avraham Halevi Epstein, the grandson of his above brother Yechiel Michel. (01 MAR 2023)