Unique item: Certificate of ordination for a shochet signed by many Rabbis, Jerusalem and Jaffa ...

Unique item: Certificate of ordination for a shochet signed by many Rabbis, Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1911-1912.

Handwritten and signed by R. Chaim Berlin Rabbi of Moscow and Jerusalem, R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook Rabbi of Jaffa, R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein, R. Leib [Hershler] and R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, the heads of the shochetim in Jerusalem: R. Chaim Ze'ev Aryeh, R. Yosef Binyamin Shimonovitz and R. Yisrael Rabin. 

Rabbi Chaim Berlin (1832–1912), son of the illustrious R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) of Volozhin, was famous for his towering scholarship and thousands of queries on a vast range of topics were addressed to him from around the globe. A great rabbinical leader, he served in various communities in Russia including Moscow, Kobrin, Elizavetgrad and Volozhin. In Volozhin he also served as Rosh Yeshiva alongside his father until the yeshiva was forcibly closed by the Russian authorities. In 1906 he settled in Jerusalem, where he was elected as assistant chief rabbi of the Ashkenazic community. Following the passing of R. Shmuel Salant in 1909, he led the Jerusalem Rabbinate and headed many of Jerusalem’s charitable institutions. His complete dedication to the community endeared him to the many different religious factions in the city.

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook (1865-1935), was born in Griva, a suburb of Dvinsk and learned in the Volozhin Yeshiva. At the age of 19, he received Semicha from the Oruch Ha’Shulchon. He married the daughter of the ADERES Rav of Ponevezh. He served as Rov in Zhoimel, Boisk, Yaffo and finally as the head of the Rabbanut in Yerusholayim. He was the founder of Ha’Yeshiva HaMercazit Ha’Olamit, which is today the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.

Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank (1873-1961), born in Kovno and studied at the Slabodka Yeshiva. Settled in Jerusalem in 18893 and appointed Dayan in 1907. From 1918 he headed the Beth Din which became part of the official government recognized Chief Rabbinate. Author of Har Tzvi and other rabbinic works.

Rabbi Moshe Nachum Wallenstein (1840-1922) Hungary; he was a disciple of the Ktav Sofer, from whom he received rabbinic ordination. In 1864 he immigrated to Jerusalem.

1 large page, written on both sides.

Size: 33 x 21.5 cm

Condition: Very fine condition.