Handwritten and illuminated certificate of appreciation. Issued by the Higher Broughton Hebrew Congregation (Salford, Greater Manchester), to the rabbi of the congregation, R. Simon Maurice Lehrman, on the occasion of his retirement. Manchester, 1938. English.
Certificate of appreciation issued to the rabbi of the Higher Broughton Hebrew Congregation on the occasion of his retirement, hand-signed by the president, the vice president and the warden of the congregation and by 19 council members.
The text is written in calligraphic script, with color, ornate initials, within a fine decorative border in blue, red, green and gold. At the top is a gold Star of David, with the initials "SLM" [Simon Maurice Lehrman] within. At the bottom, next to the signatures, is a small illustration of the congregation's synagogue.
Rabbi Simon Maurice Lehrman (1900-1988), born in Russia, immigrated to England with his family at an early age, and studied in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. In 1927, he received a PhD from the University of London for his thesis on the theme of Biblical exegesis, and in 1933 he was rabbinically ordained. He served as rabbi of several important communities in Liverpool, Salford and Stamford. In 1966, he immigrated to Israel.
Approx. 41X57 cm. Good condition. Minor damage. Inscriptions, closed and open tears to margins, some repaired with paper (one tear slightly affects text, the rest do not affect the text and ornaments).