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”And in order to quieten the Fight and make peace” Letter by Rabbi Shabtai Sheftil Ha’Levi Av Beit Din of Setshin, - ”And in order to quieten the Fight and make peace” Letter by Rabbi Shabtai Sheftil Ha’Levi Av Beit Din of Setshin, The Ga’on Rabbi Shabtai Sheftil Ha’Levi Margaliot (Encyclopedia of the Scholars of Galicia, 3, page 948; personalities in the responsa of the Chatam Sofer, page 364), son of Rabbi Gershon from Tronopol, was a prominent disciple of Rabbi Yehoshua Heshil from Tronopol author of “Sefer Yehoshua”. He served as Av Beit Din of Kastoli from the year 1828 and left due to a dispute with the members of his congregation following his appointment as rabbi of Setshin. Also in Setshin certain people embittered his life and in a desperate gesture he approached Rabbi Shlomo Rosenthal for assistance (see attached material). As it appears from this letter, Rabbi Shabtai Sheftil was forced to leave the Setshin Rabbinate: “Because I am deprived of livelihood, nevertheless, I will thank the Almighty for ridding me of these evil people…”.