LICHTENSTEIN, HILLEL. Tochacha Megulah

(POLEMICS)

n.p.

(Kolomei)

[1873]

Not seen by Friedberg who erroneously identifies this work as a Jerusalem imprint

A vitriolic attack against Rabbi Dr. Azriel Hildesheimer whom the author calls a "Rophe Elil" (a pagan doctor) and insinuates that he is descended from Amalek! Lichtenstein was an outstanding disciple of the Chatham Sopher and an extreme opponent of any innovation he regarded as resembling Reform. In this instance, he was enraged at Hildesheimer’s attempts to establish a school for orphans that would include the study of secular subjects. In an earlier publication Lichtenstein attacked Hildesheimer for preaching in German