Editing Avraham Danzig (section)

==Biography==
Danzig was born in [[Danzig]] (Gdańsk), [[Poland]] (hence his name), in 1747 or 1748 into a prominent rabbinic family. When he was fourteen, his father sent him to study at the [[Prague]] ''[[yeshivah]]'', after exacting a promise from him "that he would not mingle with the [[Haskalah|Moderns]]" who were then gradually coming into prominence through the influence of [[Moses Mendelssohn]].

He studied in Prague for four years under Rabbi [[Yechezkel Landau]] and Rabbi Joseph Liebermann. He was then offered a position as rabbi in [[Vilnius|Vilna]], but declined, earning his livelihood as a merchant (frequenting the [[Leipzig Trade Fair|fairs]] of [[Leipzig]] and [[Königsberg]] -  which are referred to in his writings). Only in his later years, and after having lost almost his entire fortune through the explosion of a [[Ammunition dump|powder-magazine]], could he be induced to accept the position of ''[[Dayan (rabbinic judge)|dayan]]'' in Vilna, where he served until 1812. He died there on September 12, 1820.

Danzig is one of three authorities on whom Rabbi [[Shlomo Ganzfried]] based his rulings in the ''Kitzur Shulchan Aruch''.

His descendants include Rabbi Neil Danzig and Rabbi Joseph Meyer Danzig, son of Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Danzig, who was born in Jerusalem and named after his prominent ancestor.