Jehiel Michel Epstein (17th century)

Jeḥiel Michel Segal Epstein (יחיאל מיכל סג"ל עפשטיין) was a Jewish writer and ethicist who lived in the seventeenth century.

Biography
Jehiel Michel was the son of Rabbi Abraham Segal Epstein. Jehiel Michel authored "Ḳiẓẓur Shene Luḥot ha-Berit", also known as "Kiẓur Shelah" (1683), written after the style of the kabbalistic "Shene Luḥot ha-Berit" by Isaiah Horowitz. A second edition, with numerous additions, and containing extracts from current ethical works, was published fifteen years later at Fürth. Nothing is known of his career.