Hecht went on to publish many essays during his three years of service in a Lower Franconian small community. These essays were published in Jewish periodicals, Jewish schools via Biblical history books and in a Hebrew primer. About a decade later, Hecht wrote ''Israel's Gesch. von der Zeit des Bibelabschlusses bis zur Gegenwart''. In 1856, Hecht campaigned vigorously for and was awarded full recognition by
Birkenfeld's Jewish communal schools making them equal to their Christian counterparts. writing, but he was fully exonerated. ==Later life and death==