Yoav Yehoshua Weingarten

Yoav Yehoshua Weingarten (1845-1923) was a prominent rabbi and author of Torah commentaries.

[1] Weingarten began his studies with Rabbi Zev Nachum Borenstein in Biała, commonly referred to as the Agudas Eizov, but largely developed under the tutelage of his son, Rabbi Avrohom Bornsztain, commonly referred to as the Avnei Nezer.

[2] He eventually became one of the greatest authorities in Jewish law at the time.

[3] In 1883, he became the rabbi of Lutomiersk, Poland, moving to Gostynin in 1889.

[2] Weingarten is the author of a number of texts related to Torah thought: