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An announcement that R. Shraga Feivel Rohoytan of Zlatshov (Zloczow) will be speaking on the Sabbath , the 11th of Kislev 5652, at 2 in the afternoon. The anouoncement then gives a list of sources called Mar'eh Mekomot - references – so that if one wished, one could check them prior to the lecture. The topic of the lecture was Shikul ha Da'at, which is understood to be an unresolved machlokes [Talmudic dispute] where a clear precedent has been set to follow one of the two opinions.
Feivel Shraga Rohatyn, who was born in Lvov, symbolizes the transition to the modern era. When he was sixteen years old, he was ordained a rabbi, and when he was eighteen he was elected as rabbi of Narayov. When he was twenty-four, he was nominated as rabbi of Zloczow. During his reign in Zloczow he succeeded in an external examination for a high school certificate in the local gymnasium. Afterwards he won the title of Doctor of Philosophy for his research on Maimonides. He published a book of Halacha, Mispat Mechokek. Rabbi Shraga was also an important building contractor. As the result of the competition between him and other contractors in Zloczow, he was fired from the rabbinate in 1905 and returned to Lvov. In 1907 the community of Zloczow decided to return to its rabbi. He refused three delegations, and only after crowds of Zloczow Jews came to Lvov and implored him, returned to be the Rabbi until his death in 1910. |
