Beschreibung:

Me'il Tzedaka responsa. Prague, Cheshvan 1756. Published anonymously, however the rabbis of Prague (the Nodah B'Yehuda and his Beit Din) reveal in their approbation that the author is R. Jonah Landsofer. At the end of the book is a Kuntress compiled from the books of Euclid with geometric drawings and diagrams. On the title page of the book is the signature of R. "Hillel Lash" [Lichtenstein]. On leaf [2] is a damaged signature in an earlier handwriting "Meir Yehuda…". Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein (1814-1891), a leading disciple of the Chatam Sofer, born in the city of Veča, son of Rabbi Baruch Bendit, was renowned for his fear and love of Heaven from a young age. At the time he studied at the Pressburg Yeshiva, he was particularly cherished by the Chatam Sofer due to his pure fear of G-d. Rabbi Lichtenstein served in the rabbinate of Marghita and Szikszó, Hungary and in 1867 he relocated to serve in the rabbinate of Kolomyya in Galicia. He was a renowned preacher who rebuked his generation for breaching Torah adherence. He was revered by the leading rabbis of his generation and was lavishly praised by the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. His responsa were printed in the book Teshuvot Beit Hillel (Satmar 1908) and his sermons were printed in the four parts of the book Maskil el Dal, Et La'asot. [6], 82 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains, minor worming. Detached leaves. Damaged binding.