Meir Eisenstadt

An authority on Halakha, he was consulted by rabbis from Turkey, Germany and Italy.

After serving as a dayan in Posen and rabbi in Szydłowiec, Poland, he went to Germany and settled in Worms where he headed the yeshiva.

When Worms was taken by the French in 1701 he moved to Prostějov (German: Prossnitz) as rabbi.

From 1711 to 1714 he returned to Szydłowiec but then moved to Eisenstadt (now in Austria) (adopting the name of the town) serving as rabbi of the Seven Communities.

Eisenstadt greatly influenced the nature of the community and his yeshiva attracted students from far and near.

Gravestone in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Eisenstadt, July 2022
Gravestone in Old Jewish Cemetery, Eisenstadt, November 2012.