 His reputation was enhanced by his series of articles, in the Polish periodical "Izraelita", on Jewish mathematicians.Lichtenfeld is known also by his polemics with Hayyim Selig Slonimski on mathematical subjects.Among other works, Lichtenfeld was the author of "Yedi'ot ha-Shi'urim" (1865, "Science of Measurement"), "Tzofnat Pa'neach" (1874), a critical review of Slonimski's "Yesode Ḥokmat ha-Shi'ur", "Tosefot" (1875), a polemic against Slonimski, "Kohen Lelo Elohim" (1876), a book of mathematical criticisms, and "Sippurim be-Shir ve'Shirim Shonim" (1877, "Stories in Verse and Selected Poems"), a collection of poems and rimed prose by himself and by his son-in-law I. L. Peretz.