Letter 184

To be known for the generations — that in the year 5595 there was a dispute. There was a very great dispute — and it began after Rosh Hashana — and continued the entire year. And also in the year 5596 the dispute did not quiet. Until the year 5598 — when the bearers of the slanderous tongue and gossip died a disgraceful death and a strange death — who had aimed their tongue to shoot in secret at the innocent, etc. And among them was Moshe the Nagid from the village of Shareyevetz — who repaid evil for good…