Rabbi Meir Eisenstaedter (1780–1852) - or Meir Ash - known as the Maharam Ash (Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...

 for "Our Teacher, the Rabbi, Meir of Eisenstadt

Eisenstadt

- Politics :The current mayor of Eisenstadt is Andrea Fraunschiel ÖVP.The district council is composed as follows :* ÖVP: 17 seats* SPÖ: 8 seats* Austrian Green Party: 2 seats* FPÖ: 2 seats- Castles and palaces :...

") was one of the greatest Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

ists of the nineteenth century. He is best known as author of "Imre Esh" (Words of Fire) - the collection of his responsa

Responsa

Responsa comprise a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.-In the Roman Empire:Roman law recognised responsa prudentium, i.e...

 published by his son in 1864. He studied under "the Chatam Sofer", Rabbi Moses Sofer

Moses Sofer

Moses Schreiber, known to his own community and Jewish posterity as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work Chasam Sofer, , , was one of the leading Orthodox rabbis of European Jewry in the first half of the nineteenth century...

, in Mattersdorf

Mattersburg

Mattersburg is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and home to a Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg.- Location :...

, and was Rabbi of Ungvar; Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried

Shlomo Ganzfried

Shlomo Ganzfried was an Orthodox rabbi and posek best known as author of the work of Halakha , the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch , by which title he is also known.- Biography :Ganzfried was born in the year 1804 in Uzhhorod in the Carpathian region of the...

, author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch

Kitzur Shulchan Aruch

Kitzur Shulchan Aruch may refer to:#The famous work of that name by Shlomo Ganzfried#A similar Sephardi work entitled "Kitzur Shulchan Aruch" by Rabbi Raphael Baruch Toledano....

 served as Dayan during this time. Maharam Ash also served as Rabbi in Baja, Hungary

Baja, Hungary

Baja is a city in , southern Hungary. It is the second largest city in the county, after the county seat at Kecskemét, and is home to around 37,000 people....

 and Gyarmat

Gyarmat

- External links :*...

h.

In 1852, Meir died and his son Menachem replaced him as head of his yeshiva

Yeshiva

Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...

.

External links

• Meïir Eisenstädter, jewishencyclopedia.com
• Ash, jewishencyclopedia.com