| A vast responsa literature covers the period from the ninth century to the present day. |
| These juridical responsa are translated here for the first time into a European language, with introduction and annotation. |
| Fleckeles' responsa, published in three parts between 1809 and 1820, followed a new arrangement in the history of this literature. |
| Indeed, he had continued writing halachic responsa almost until the moment of her death. |
| In turn, these responsa were synthesized into rules, and maxims became the pithy expression, often expressed as proverbs, of these rules. |
| After the war he retrieved his notes and began writing them out as full-length rabbinical rulings, or responsa. |
