Avraham Brandwein

Rabbi Avraham Brandwein (died February 20, 2013[1]), Admor of Stretin, was an Israeli Kabbalah scholar.

Brandwein served in the Israel Defense Forces in artillery and was among the soldiers that crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt during the Yom Kippur war.

Brandwein was ordained as a Rabbi by Gedolim representing the entire Orthodox community in Israel, and also holds an M.A.

Brandwein died on February 20, 2013 (Hebrew Date Lunar Calendar is 10th of Adar), aged 67, in the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, after several months' illness.

He was buried in the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, next to his wife, Tzipora, who had died four years earlier.