Collection of books of R. Meir Eisenstadt, Rabbi of Eisenstadt, author of Panim Meirot, from the library of R. Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer, Rabbi of Rechovot, a descendant of the author, with inscriptions and signatures:
• Meorei Esh, on the Torah and Five Megillot, including Kotnot Or by R. Meir Eisenstadt, the Panim Meirot, and Or Chadash, by R. Elazar Kallir, R. Meir Eisenstadt's grandson. Fürth, [1766]. First edition. On title page, ownership inscription in pencil: "R. Meltzer, Pardes Channa".
Learned glosses in Ashkenazic script dating to the period of printing (some damaged).
• Responsa Panim Meirot, by R. Meir Eisenstadt. Sudylkiv, [1833].
On front endpaper, genealogical inscriptions with a family tree tracing lineage back to the author of the book, handwritten and signed by R. Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer, as heard from his father R. Isser Zalman Meltzer. The inscription lists eight generations between the Panim Meirot and R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, with another genealogical and historical note. The inscription is rewritten on a separate leaf by R. Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer (unsigned).
• Responsa Panim Meirot, Parts II-V, by R. Meir Eisenstadt, Lviv, 1899. Library stamps (deleted). On front endpaper, signature of R. "Refael Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer".
• Enclosed: Asifat Zekenim, Shitah Mekubetzet – on Tractates Bava Batra and Nazir, by R. Betzalel Ashkenazi. Livorno: Carlo Giorgi, 1774. First edition. Signatures of R. Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer, Rabbi of Rechovot.
4 books. Size and condition varies. Good-fair to fair-poor condition. In Kotnot Or, open tears to first leaves, and traces of former dampness and mold to many leaves. Old bindings.
R. Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer (1899-1969), son of R. Isser Zalman Meltzer and disciple of the Alter of Novardok. He was appointed Rabbi of Pardes Channa, where he established the Kletsk yeshiva, which formed the basis for Midrashiat Noam. In 1947 he was appointed Rabbi of Rechovot, succeeding his father-in-law R. Tzvi Steinman, and established Yeshivat HaDarom. In 1951 he retired from his position as Rabbi of the city, appointing R. Elimelech Bar Shaul as his successor, while he continued to serve as head of the city's Beit Din and dean of Yeshivat HaDarom.
His father,
R. Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953), author of Even HaAzel. A leading Torah scholar of Lithuania and Jerusalem, he was born in Mir to R. Baruch Peretz Meltzer, a direct male descendant of the Panim Meirot. The evening before R. Isser Zalman's sudden death, when his niece Rebbetzin Gutel Shach visited him, R. Isser Zalman told her to tell her husband R. Elazar Menachem Shach (dean of the Ponevezh yeshiva) that she comes from a distinguished family, and wrote down his entire lineage for her. The very next morning R. Isser Zalman passed away (BeDerech Etz HaChaim, Rechovot, 1986, I, pp. 30-31).
The present inscription handwritten by R. Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer was apparently copied [during the mourning period for his father] from the very same inscription handwritten by his father, R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, written on the evening before his death (facsimile in BeDerech Etz HaChaim, p. 30; see enclosed photocopy).
