Auction 24
Lot 173:
Rare letter in foreign language by Rabbi Yechezkel Moshe Fishman, Chief Rabbi of Mischaltz with his signature and official red wax stamp. Rabbi Yechezkel Moshe Fishman – born about 1795 to his father Hagar Avraham Livshitz, Av Beit Din of Nehviz, studied at the yeshivas of Nielsenburg and Trebtech, and also studied with the Gaon, author of Rokeach Oil. He went to the community of Tritsch and lived there for a few years. Later he was accepted to the court of Miskavitz and served there for four and a half years. In 1821, he was accepted to the Shafa Lama in Ma’arin in 1835. He served there in the rabbinate for about forty years and died there on the 4th of Tevet, 1875. Father of Rav Fishman of MagidMeisharim in Pressburg, and recalls the books of his time, among them the responsa of Imrei Ashe and Rabbi Asad. Folding marks, very good condition.
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