Manuscript. Shu”t Teshuvah Me’ahavah
Vol. 4. Unknown & Never Printed!
Shailos and Teshuvos on Even Haezer and sections of Shulchan Aruch Even Haezer, all neatly arranged for print. The manuscript contains chiddushim and many additions in the holy hand of Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles, Av Beis Din of Prague.
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During his lifetime, Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles published three volumes of his teshuvos under the title Teshuvah Me’ahavah during the years 1809, 1815 and 1821. Yet the final volume, which was compiled and prepared for print after 1822 (as indicated by the latest date appearing on the top of a teshuvah [leaf 1b]), he did not manage to publish and until this day was never printed.
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The present manuscript was written by a scribe (presumably his son in law Rabbi Shpitz) In addition there are handwritten amendments by Rabbi Fleckeles and additions to the text, which appear in the margins and between the lines, in addition there is a handwritten leaf in his handwriting placed between the pages of the manuscript with chiddushim on topics in Even Hezer. The verso of the leaf contains the draft of a letter.
This manuscript was compiled and prepared for print, commencing with a beautiful poetic preface by the author, completely in rhyme. Each stanza begins with the words “Neum hagever (the words of the man)” and ends with his name “Elazar”.
One of the teshuvos in this sefer features correspondence with Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles’ dear friend Rabbi Betzalel Rensburg (leaf 5a) and his son-in-law Rabbi Itzik Spitz, Av Beis Din of Wamsla (leaf 7b, 13b), as well as Rabbi Rensburg’s response to the author (leaf 12b).
Rabbi Elazar Halevi Fleckeles
(1754-1826) was the Av Beis Din of Prague. A descendant of the Maharal of Prague and prime disciple of the Noda B’Yehudah, he was one of the premier Rabbanim and halachic responders of his generation. Rabbi Elazar studied in the Noda B’Yehuda’s yeshivah for seven years and then maintained correspondence with his master. In his writings, he expresses effusive praise of the Noda B’Yehuda.
In 1779, Rabbi Elazar was appointed Av Beis Din of Kojetein (Goitin) in Moravia, and in 1783, the Noda B’Yehudah invited him to serve as a dayan in Prague. In 1801, he began serving as Av Beis Din in Prague. He was known as a prominent darshan (orator) who battled fiercely against the Maskilim and Frankists in his era.
His 3-volume work Teshuvah Me’ahavah is regarded as one of the premier anthologies of Halachic teshuvos.
The present manuscript includes 26 handwritten double-sided leaves (49 sides), 2 additional leaves placed within the pages of the manuscript, and another 56 blanks.
Page Size: 39 cm. Manuscript written on high-quality paper.
Condition: Good in original binding without spine. The front cover is emblazoned with the words “T[eshuvah] M[e’havah] on [E]ven Hae[zer] V[olume] 4”.
Provenance: library of Rabbi Mordechai Amram Hersh, Av Beis Din of Prague and Hamburg
(1833-1908). The inner flap of the binding bears a label from his library. The manuscript then passed to the Carlebach family of Hamburg-Lakewood.
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