Lot 214
Letter - Certificate Giving the Title "Chaver" - by Rabbi Yechezkel Bennet, Rabbi of Seini
Letter, handwritten and signed by R. Yechezkel Bennet. Seini (Szinervaralja), 1903.
Certificate for the "Bachur HaChaver" given to the yeshiva student R. Alexander Moshe Weiss, "His name shall be called for every holy matter…Habachur HaChaver…".
R. Yechezkel Bennet (1861-1913), son of R. Gershon Wolf and maternal grandson of R. Shlomo Ganzfried, author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. Son-in-law of R. Avraham Yitzchak Glick Rabbi of Tolcsva. In 1884, he was appointed dayan in Tolcsva and in 1889 he served as Rabbi of Seini (Szinervaralja) in which he established an important yeshiva, and many rabbis in his times were his disciples. He left 19 halachic and aggadic compositions, later compiled into the Meshiv Ta'am responsa.
Leaf, 34 cm. Fair-poor condition, tears and stains, adhesive tape. Damages to text.
