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Lot 402

Authorization of Ordination as "Shochet" Handwritten and Signed by the Maharitz Dushinsky

Authorization of inspection of a "shochet"'s knife, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Zvi Dushinsky Rabbi and "Ga'avad" of the "Eda HaCharedit". Jerusalem, Elul 1940.
The Maharitz – Rabbi Yosef Zvi Dushinsky (1868-1948), a prominent Hungarian Torah scholar, served as Rabbi and yeshiva dean in Chust and Galanta. In 1933, he immigrated to Eretz- Yisrael to serve in the rabbinate of the "Eda HaCharedit" and to lead the "Charedi" community in Eretz-Yisrael. He participated in the "Agudat Yisrael" delegation to the Peel Commission and to other UN committees, preceding the establishment of the State of Israel.
Official stationary, 21 cm. Good condition, folding marks.