His first poetical work to be published was the Shir Ḥabibim / Shir Chovivim (Vilnius, 1822), in honor of the marriage of Count Tyszkiewicz, one of the most powerful noblemen of Lithuania.
When Sir Moses Montefiore visited Vilnius in 1846, Lebensohn prepared for his perusal an article on the condition of the Jews in Russia and the means by which it was to be improved.