MaHaRa”M ESH). HALEVI, Samuel ben David. Sepher Nachalath Shivah [contract law and responsa]

THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF R. MEIR EISENSTADT’S SIGNATURE. The MaHaRa”M Esh (c. 1670-1744) began his Rabbinic career in Szydlowiec, Poland. He later settled in Worms where he was appointed head of the yeshivah. Following the occupation of Worms by the French in 1701, he moved to Prossnitz, Moravia, where he wasserved as rabbi. In 1714, R. Meir recieved the call to minister to the city of Eisenstadt and its “seven communities.” It was there he developed as a most sought-after teacher and wrote numerous responsa, a selection of which he published in Panim Me’iroth (Amsterdam, 1715). Jonathan Eybeschuetz was among his disciples, indeed R. Meir raised R. Jonathan,upon the death of the youngster’s father. See EJ VI col.549-50