Manuscript - Eulogy on Rabbi Yitzchak Prague Oplatka - Jerusalem, 1900

Manuscript - Eulogy on Rabbi Yitzchak Prague Oplatka - Jerusalem, 1900
Manuscript, eulogy sermon on R. Yitzchak Prague Oplatka. [Jerusalem, 1900].
Neat Sephardic script. The manuscript bears the following heading: "A sermon which I delivered upon the conclusion of the month of mourning for my grandfather R. Y. Prague". The writer is presumably R. Chananya Gabriel, who was married to Rachel, granddaughter of R. Yitzchak Prague, whom he refers to in the eulogy as "my wife's grandfather".
"Weeping and lamenting should increase, over the disappearance of a Tzaddik from the world… and his passing is as tragic as the burning of a Torah scroll… who was renowned to all for his great wisdom, his memory was exceptional, and he was like a gushing wellspring, and he enlightened the Torah scholars in Halacha…".
R. Yitzchak Prague Oplatka (1819-1900), a native of Prague and a disciple of the Chatam Sofer in Pressburg. He immigrated to Eretz Israel upon the urging of his teacher and settled in Jerusalem, where he became a prominent figure as a rabbi, physician and communal worker. Upon reaching Jerusalem, he was hosted by the Rishon LeTzion R. Yaakov Moshe Ayash, and thereafter began adopting Sephardi customs and mode of dress, and began speaking Ladino. He married the daughter of R. Ayash, and since then represented the integration between the Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities in Jerusalem. R. Yitzchak was involved in all communal matters in Jerusalem. He was renowned as an outstanding Torah scholar, and even acquired knowledge in medicine. He tended to the sick through various mediums, with medicinal herbs and even hypnosis, and later directed the Meir Rothschild hospital. He was one of the founders of Kollel Hod (Holland-Deutschland), and established and directed the Doresh Tzion boys' school. His granddaughter Rachel, daughter of his son R. Avraham Prague, married R. Chananya Yehoshua Gabriel, a native of Salonika, rabbi and emissary, later head of the Sephardi Beit Din in Jerusalem, author of Minchat HaChag and Shalmei HaChag. He is presumably the author of this eulogy.
[10] leaves (20 written pages). 19.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Ink smudging from dampness, with blurring of text in several places.