Lot 440
Beit Din Ruling – Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamai
Ruling regarding polemic and controversy pertaining to rabbinate of Semititz congregation (Poland, in region of Grodno-Tiktin), in handwriting and signature of the Ga’on Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamai, who served as Chief Av Beit Din of adjacent town Chechnovitz during that period, along with signature of Rabbi Yehuda HaChanuki, rabbi of New Chechnovitz. (1895).
In the detailed ruling, the abovementioned rabbis state that they were sent to discuss the matter as requested by members of Semititz and its rabbis, “and Dayanim of congregation of Brisk wrote in the name of the great Ga’on Av Beit Din of Brisk, that they would respond to this matter to the rabbis of Chechnovitz”.
The Ga’on Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamai (1844-1917), among the famous giants of his generation, father of numerous disciples. Served in the rabbinate of several cities in Lithuania-Poland, and after Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Te’omim [the Aderet] traveled to serve as rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch was appointed to serve in the Mir rabbinate and head the Yeshiva. His son-in-law is the Ga’on Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel Rosh Yeshiva of Mir in Lithuania and Jerusalem.
30.5 cm. Fair condition, tears on folds, without missing text.
