Little is known about the author, the work was printed by his grandson, the author passed on in 1892 at the age of 57. The only information available comes from the approbations to the work. R. Abraham was a teacher of small children, who spent his nights in the study of Kabbalah and piety. A story is related of an assistant who suspected that his mentor had more than met the eye. The assistant hid under his mentor's bed to observe how he spent the nights. He relates, that at midnight the R. Abraham got out of bed, prepared to recite the midnight liturgies, counted out 160 coins to dedicate to charity when he caught the assistant under the bed. He yelled at him to get out and threw the coins at him - as the assistant was leaving R. Abraham ordered the coins back on the table, where they returned at once! The approbations talk of the author's holiness with reverence.

Tikkunei Zohar is an independent kabbalistic work, distinct from the Zohar, but also attributed to R. Simeon bar Yohai.

הסכמות: ר' יוסף שאול הלוי נ"ז [נאטאנזאהן], לבוב, ערב ט באב תרכ"ב; ר' אלי' אבד"ק דראהביטש, ג דברים תרכ"ד; ר' יוסף משה ב"ר גרשון, פרעמשלא, א קדושים תרכ"ח; ר' יצחק אייזיק [אייכענשטיין] מזודיטשוב, ו מנחם-אב תרכ"ז [חתומה על-ידי בנו, ר' סענדר ליפא]; ר' יצחק יהודה יחיאל אייזיק [ספרין], קאמרנא, ט טבת תרכ"ז; ר' יחזקאל שרגא הלברשטאם, שינאווא, ה מנחם-אב תרכ"ז ["מדי עברו דרך פה ק"ק דראהביטש"].