Meir Eisenstadt

Meir Eisenstadt (born around 1670 in Posen ; died June 7, 1744 in Eisenstadt ), also called Punim Meirois after his main work , was an Austrian rabbi and author.

Life

Gravestone for Meir Eisenstadt in the old Jewish cemetery in Eisenstadt

Meir Eisenstadt spent several years of his youth in Sochaczew , where he lived in his father-in-law's house and devoted himself entirely to studying. In 1693 we find Meir in the rabbinical college of Sochaczew and some time later he accepted a rabbinical position in Szydłowiec . There he met Samson Wertheimer , who promoted him and brought him to Worms , his native town. In 1702 Wertheimer Meir Eisenstadt took on a rabbinical position in Proßnitz , where the first part of his responses was created. After ten years, Meir Eisenstadt left Proßnitz and returned to Szydłowiec. In 1717 Wertheimer called him to Eisenstadt, where he stayed for 26 years until his death.

The no longer preserved grave of his first wife Finkel, who died in 1730, was also in Eisenstadt. On the conscription list of December 6, 1735, his second wife and two adult children are named.

His most famous work is the response collection "Panim Me'irot" (Shining Face), the first part of which was created in Proßnitz and published in Amsterdam in 1715 .

Web links

• Description of the tombstone at the Austrian Jewish Museum
• Biography at the Austrian Jewish Museum