Abraham Placzek (January 1799 – 10 December 1884) was a Moravian rabbi, who served as Landesrabbiner of Moravia from 1851 until his death.
Placzek was born into a Jewish family in Prerau, Austria-Hungary (now Přerov, Czech Republic).
[2] In October 1851, he succeeded Samson Raphael Hirsch as acting Landesrabbiner of Moravia.
In this office he defended the rights of the Jews, and supported Solomon Spitzer [Wikidata] efforts against liturgical reform.
[3] Placzek was a prominent Talmudic scholar, as well as a successful teacher, and carried on correspondence with eminent rabbis, in whose collections of responsa his name is frequently mentioned.