Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Shtar Beit Din Signed by Rabbi Asher Lemil Av Beit Din of Golyn and Rabbi Binyamin David of Vilna – Jerusalem, 1850

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Shtar of waiving debts to the kollel, signed by the witnesses Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak ben Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Porush and Rabbi Yosef Yoel Rivlin [the kollel scribes]. Jerusalem, 1850. On verso, Beit Din authorization of the shtar signed by Rabbi "Asher Lemil Av Beit Din of Golyn community" and Rabbi "Binyamin David of Vilna", and the signature of Rabbi Aryeh ben R' Yerachmiel Ne'eman [founder and builder of the Hurva Synagogue].
Rabbi Asher Lemil (died Kislev 1850), disciple of Rabbi Akiva Eiger. Served as Av Beit Din of Golyn, Poland and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1845 together with his holy brothers Rabbi Nachum of Szadek and Rabbi Ya'akov Yehuda Leib Levy. In Eretz Israel he was appointed dayan and Ra'avad of the Ashkenazi Beit Din in Jerusalem. Outstanding Torah genius and holy man, he studied kabbalah together with his brother at the Beit El Yeshiva of Kabbalists.
Rabbi Binyamin David ben R' Shmuel of Vilna (1813-1893), immigrated to Jerusalem in 1839 and became a member of the first Beit Din which Rabbi Shmuel Salant established in Jerusalem.
Leaf, 15X20 cm. Written on both sides. Good condition.
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