Manuscript in the Holy hand of Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, Av Beit Din of Konstantinograd – son of Rabbi Yaakov ...

Manuscript in the Holy hand of Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, Av Beit Din of Konstantinograd – son of Rabbi Yaakov Emden. The Holy Besh''t called him 'Aron Hakodesh'.

The Gaon Rabbi Meir, Av Beis Din of Constantine [Vohlin state], the eldest son of the Ya'avetz. born in Brody in 1717 and raised by his father who showered him with his Torah knowledge, wisdom and Yirat Shamayim (fear of Heaven). In his Sefer Megillat Sefer, his father attested that he had "a fine, very quick swift mind". In 1737, he married the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Parness of Lissa [who was also father-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Av Beit Din of Chelm, author of Merkevet HaMishne on the Rambam].

From c. 1743, he served as Av Beit Din of Konstantinograd (in the Poltava- Volyně region), and remained in that capacity for more than 40 years. He was a prominent Torah figure in the Volyně region and questions from all over the country were sent to him.

His correspondence with the Ba'al Shem Tov and with his brother-in-law Rabbi Gershon of Kuty, who turned to him with a query which arose in the city of Medzhibozh is well-known (see Mayim Chaim Yoreh De'ah Siman 27, in which he responds to the Ba'al Shem Tov in flowery reverent language praising the wonders he performed and lauding his group of holy disciples.

2 sides - 1 page.

Size: 19.5 x 16 cm

Condition: Fine condition.