Album containing documents and letters of recommendation by yeshiva heads, and original semicha (ordination) certificates, granted to R. Chanoch Henich Fisher, including a poem with good wishes which he received in honor of his first appointment to the Dunafoldvar (Hungary) rabbinate in 1852.
· Letter of recommendation, handwritten and signed by R. Yechezkel Bennet, Rabbi of Nitra (1777-1855), attesting that Rabbi Chanoch Fisher "studied by us for the past four years with outstanding diligence…" also praising R. Bennet's wisdom. Nitra, Nissan 1851. · Autograph letter of recommendation signed by R. Leib HaLevi Galoga. Prague, Adar 1850. · Autograph Semicha letter signed by R. Leib HaLevi Galoga. Prague 1852. · "Moreinu HaRav" certificate written and signed by R. Shlomo Yehuda Kahane Rappaport (Shir). Prague, Elul [1852]. · Semicha - "Yoreh Yoreh Yadin Yadin", handwritten and signed by R. Shlomo Yehuda Kahane Rappaport (Shir). Prague, Tevet 1852. · Letter of praise in square vowelized script, by the Dunafoldvar community, in honor of the appointment of R. Fisher as rabbi of their community [c. 1852].
R. Chanoch Henich son of R. Ya'akov Fisher (1826-1896) was born in the city of Ishak and studied in the Pressburg Yeshiva headed by the Ktav Sofer, in the Nitra Yeshiva of R. Yechezkel Bennet and in Prague in the yeshiva of R. Levi HaLevi Galoga-Schlesinger and R. Yehuda Kahane Rappaport. In 1852, he was appointed Rabbi of Dunafoldvar and in 1864, he relocated to Makó to succeed R. Shlomo Zalman Ulman (who died in 1863) as rabbi.
Album 22.5 cm. Glued inside are 5 letters and original certificates + 6 copies of typewritten Hungarian translations. Size and condition vary. Slightly worn binding.