Letter from the Lissa Beit Din, to the Beit Din of the Three Communities (Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek), signed by the dayanim: R. Yehuda Leib son of R. M. Kalischer, R. Eizik Gershon son of R. Yehuda [Goldman] and R. Yaakov son of R. M. Maggid. Lissa (Leszno), Elul 1809.
The letter pertains to the inheritance of a family in Lissa, of whom one of the heirs was an orphan living in the Three Communities.
R. Yehuda Leib Kalischer (d. Nissan 1822) was a leading Torah scholar of his times. Head of the Lissa Beit Din. Mechutan of R. Akiva Eger - his son, R. Avraham Moshe Kalischer, married Sorel, daughter of R. Akiva Eger. After R. Avraham Moshe passed away at a young age, she remarried the Chatam Sofer.
R. Yitzchak Eizik Gershon Goldman (d. Sivan 1831), a dayan in Lissa in the times of the Chavat Daat. Exchanged halachic correspondence with R. Akiva Eger. Known as a supremely holy person. Before his passing, he declared that he was being summoned to deliver forty lectures for forty days before the Heavenly court, and as a proof of this, no member of the community would pass away during this time. His words were fulfilled.
[1] leaf. 25 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and folding marks.