A Father Defends His Son

During the dispute between the Slavita press and the Romm press of Vilna the Slavita printers (the Shapiro family) claimed that Rav Shlomo had influenced his father's ruling in the matter.

Rav Akiva Eiger was deeply pained by the claim and sent back a sharply worded letter. He wrote that the printers had spoken falsely about his son and about him as well. He declared that he would not forgive them, because an insult to the Torah cannot be forgiven.