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R. Jehiel Michael ben Samuel Kittsee (c. 1775–1845), Hungarian talmudic scholar. His family name was originally Figdor, an abbreviation of Avigdor, the name of the founder of the family who lived in the small town of Kittsee near Pressburg, after which he came to be called. He studied under R. Mordecai Banet. He was a businessman, well known for his generosity, but spent most of his time in study. R. Kittsee married the daughter of R. Mendel Jacob, known as Kopel Teven, a leader of Hungarian Jewry in the 18th century.
הסכמה: ר' משה סופר, פרעשבורג, יא אדר-א תקצ"ז.