Extensive manuscript ‘Leket Harayonot’ in the hand of the Gaon Rabbi Sheraga Feish Fishman Rabbi of Szikszó, Klausenburg & Maggid of Pressburg. With signed additions by his Son-In-Law the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib Friedman Rosh Beth Din of Pressburg. At the end are Chidushei Torah by his son Rabbi Yosef Chaim Fishman Rabbi of Tileagd (Mezotelegd).
The Gaon Rabbi Sheraga Feish Fishman (1825-1881) was one of the most prominent rabbis of Hungary, Av Beit Din of Klausenburg and later Maggid Meisharim of Pressburg.
He was born in a small town on Bohemia. In 1835, when his father, Rabbi Yechezkel Moshe, was appointed rabbi of Miskolc, his family moved with him to Hungary. When he was 12, he was sent to study in Trebitsch in the yeshiva of Rabbi Chaim Yosef Pollak, author of "Makor Chaim". During the first several years after his marriage, he refused different proposals to serve as a rabbi of various cities and enjoyed the fruit of his labor. Eventually, his financial situation forced him to accept the position of rabbi of Szikszó, in north-eastern Hungary, where he became famous as a great Darshan and Jews from all around the area came to hear him. In 1861, he moved to Klausenburg and in 1864 he became the Maggid Meisharim of Pressburg. In the winter of 1872, after the death of the "Ketav Sofer", he was asked to replace him as the rabbi of Pressburg; yet, he refused.
His Son-in-law the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib Friedman (1863-1919) was a talmid of the Shevet Sofer & many other Hungarian giants and Raavad of Pressburg. Serving his rebbi faithfully in disseminating Torah and halachah throughout the city. In 1893, he was appointed as a dayan to the Beis Din in Pressburg, and in 1908, promoted to Raavad. During his lifetime, he received thousands of questions from across Hungary.
His chiddushei Torah were published by his son-in-law, the Pressburg dayan Rabbi Yeshaya Kalish, in Shu”t HaRiva”d (Pressburg, 1922). The Daas Sofer inscribed a beautiful approbation to his fathers talmid’s sefer.
Please see Hebrew description for expanded biographical details of the Gaonim Rabbi Leib Friedman Rosh Beth Din of Pressburg & his Brother-in-law Rabbi Yosef Chaim Fishman Rabbi of Tileagd (Mezotelegd).
249 written sides. 20 Cm.
Fair condition, loose pages, marginal tears, stains & water stains, unbound.
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