Avrohom Chaim Oppenheim

Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Oppenheim (Yiddish: אַבְרָהָם חַיִּים אָפּענהײַם, Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם חַיִּים אופנהיים; 1796? – 1824?) was a rabbi at Pécs, Hungary, where he died at the age of 28, before 1825.

Rabbi
Avrohom Chaim Oppenheim
Personal
Born1796?
Died1824?
NationalityHungarian
Notable work(s)Har Ebel, Nishmas Chayim
Known forAuthor of Har Ebel and Nishmas Chayim
OccupationRabbi
Senior posting
PostRabbi of Pécs

He was the author of Har Ebel (Lemberg, 1824), ritual regulations on visiting the sick, mourning customs, etc., and of a treatise entitled Nishmas Chayim (Dyhernfurth, 1829), on the immortality of the soul, both of which were published by his relative Simon Oppenheim, dayan in Budapest.

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainGotthard Deutsch, Meyer Kayserling (1901–1906). "OPPENHEIM, ABRAHAM ḤAYYIM". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.