Meir Eisenstaedter
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Rabbi Meir Eisenstaedter (1780-1852) or Meir Ash known as the Maharam Ash (Hebrew for "Our Teacher, the Rabbi, Meir of Eisenstadt"). was one of the greatest Talmudists of the nineteenth century. He is best known as author of "Imre Esh" (Words of Fire) - the collection of his responsa published by his son in 1864. He studied under "the Chatam Sofer", Rabbi Moses Sofer, in Mattersdorf, and was Rabbi of Ungvar. He also served as Rabbi in Baja, Hungary and Gyarmath.
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