Eleazer Fleckeles
Born into a wealthy family in Prague, Eleazer (El‘azar) Fleckeles became a rabbi and disciple of Ezekiel Landau. Fleckeles served communities in Moravia before taking a position in Prague in 1783, eventually becoming the community’s presiding judge and halakhic authority. In his sermons in the 1780s, he spoke out against the Haskalah, including Moses Mendelssohn’s German translation of the Bible; in the 1790s, however, he began to moderate his stance. He took an active role in condemning Sabbatianism and objected to what he regarded as excesses in Hasidic expressions.
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Primary Source
Kuntres ahavat David (Treatise: The Love of David)
Related Guide
Rabbinic Scholarship, 1750–1880
Despite the challenges of the early modern period, rabbinic scholarship flourished in Central and Eastern Europe in the latter half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century.