Joseph Lewinstein

Joseph Lewinstein was a Russian rabbi and author born at Lublin, Russian Poland, 1840. He was a member of a family of rabbis and Talmudists which includes the author of Pene Yehoshua and the Lebushim.

In 1860, at the age of twenty, became rabbi of Karol, in the government of Plotzk. In 1868, became rabbi of Zaklikov, in the government of Lublin and then in 1875 he was rabbi of Serotzk, government of Łomża.