Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Tzurba MeRabbanan Certificate – Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva – Signed by Leading Torah Scholars of Poland and Galicia, Members of the Yeshiva's Spiritual Committee – Lublin, Adar 1934
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Large printed leaf, Tzurba MeRabbanan (Young Torah Scholar) certificate for a student of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva, signed by seven leading Torah scholars of Poland and Galicia, members of the yeshiva's spiritual committee, following the passing of R. Meir Shapiro. Lublin, 7th Adar 1934.
Printed certificate, with ornamental border in color. Signed by: the "Spiritual President", R. "Moshe son of R. Shalom Yosef", rebbe of Boyan-Krakow; "President" Rebbe Shlomo Eger of Lublin; R. Dov Berish Weidenfeld Rabbi of Tchebin; yeshiva dean, R. Aryeh Tzvi Frumer, rabbi of Kozhiglov; the secretary R. Moshe Chaim Lau Rabbi of Prešov; R. Ze'ev Wolf Nisenbaum of Drohobitch (Drohobych) and R. Shmuel Führer of Krosno.
Following the passing of R. Meir Shapiro, dean of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva, in Cheshvan 1933, a spiritual committee was established to lead the yeshiva in his stead. On 7th Adar 1934, the members of the spiritual committee paid a visit to the yeshiva to test the students, and those who excelled were presented with Tzurba MeRabbanan certificates. This committee, which was comprised of the leading Torah scholars of Poland and Galicia, directed the yeshiva until the decimation of Polish Jewry during WWII.
The spiritual committee was headed by R. Moshe'nyu Friedman – Rebbe of Boyan-Krakow, who led the yeshiva with the aim of fostering the passionate study of Torah and outstanding excellence.
R. Moshe Friedman – Rebbe Moshe'nyu of Krakow, author of Daat Moshe (1881-1943; perished in the Holocaust). Outstanding Torah scholar, a leader of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. He was the son of R. Shalom Yosef of Husiatyn and son-in-law of his uncle R. Menachem Nachum of Boyan.
The yeshiva dean, R. Aryeh Tzvi Frumer, the Gaon of Kozhiglov (Koziegłowy; 1884-1943; perished in the Holocaust), a prominent Polish Torah scholar. He was well versed both in hidden and revealed parts of the Torah. A grandson of Rebbe Dov Berish of Oshpitzin and close disciple of the Avnei Nezer of Sochatchov (Sochaczew). He served as rabbi of Zavritcha (Zawiercie), Kozhiglov and Sosnovtsa (Sosnowiec). He headed the Sochatchov yeshiva, and later succeeded R. Meir Shapiro in 1933 as dean of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva. He was very active in disseminating and bolstering the study of the Daf HaYomi, established by R. Meir Shapiro. He authored Eretz Tzvi and Siach HaSadeh.
R. Dov Berish Weidenfeld (1881-1965), known as "The Tchebiner Rav" was the son of R. Yaakov Rabbi of Rimalov (Hrymailiv), author of Kochav MiYaakov, foremost Galician Torah scholar. From 1923, he served as rabbi of Tchebin (Trzebinia), Galicia. Already in his youth, he was renowned as a foremost Torah scholar and halachic authority in his generation, with exceptional erudition in the entire Talmud and halachic literature. During his tenure in Tchebin, he established a prominent yeshiva, which attracted the finest, most astute students in Galicia. After the passing of R. Meir Shapiro, he joined the spiritual committee of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva, together with the Gaon of Kozhiglov R. Aryeh Tzvi Frumer and Rebbe Moshe'nyu of Krakow. A Chassid, he was attached to the rebbes of the Belz and Ruzhin dynasties. During the Holocaust, he was exiled to Siberia then Bukhara, reaching Jerusalem in 1946, where he founded the Kochav MiYaakov – Tchebin yeshiva. The Tchebiner Rav was revered by all the leading rabbis of his times, rebbes and yeshiva deans, including R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Chazon Ish and R. Yitzchak Zev of Brisk. His teacher Rebbe Aharon of Belz would refer to him the gravest halachic questions. On his first Shavuot in Jerusalem, he went to pray in the Beit Midrash of the Imrei Emet, rebbe of Ger, who declared upon seeing him: "Today we shall honor the Torah itself with the reading of the Ten Commandments".
R. Shlomo Eger – Rebbe of Lublin (1871-1940, Eleh Ezkera, II, pp. 228-231), son of Rebbe Avraham Eger of Lublin. After the passing of his father in 1917, he began serving as rebbe in their Beit Midrash on Lubartowska St. in Lublin. His brother R. Ezriel Meir served as rebbe in Pilow (Puławy), near Lublin. An outstanding Torah scholar, he was also renowned for his great wealth and large library, which was one of the most prominent libraries belonging to Polish rabbis. Of great assistance in the founding of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva, he was engaged behind the scenes in the spiritual and material management of the yeshiva. After the passing of R. Meir Shapiro, he established a spiritual committee to lead the yeshiva, headed by the Gaon of Kozhiglov, the Tchebiner Rav and Rebbe Moshe'nyu of Kraków, as well as an administrative committee for the financial management of the yeshiva.
R. Moshe Chaim Lau (1892-1943; perished in the Holocaust). Rabbi of Shotz (Suceava), Prešov and Piotrków Trybunalski. A leader of Agudath Yisrael and Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. One of his sons who survived the Holocaust was R. Yisrael Meir Lau – chief rabbi of Israel, presently chief rabbi of Tel Aviv.
[1] leaf. 52 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and ink fading. Open tears to margins and folds, affecting text (repaired with paper; mounted on paper for preservation).
Printed certificate, with ornamental border in color. Signed by: the "Spiritual President", R. "Moshe son of R. Shalom Yosef", rebbe of Boyan-Krakow; "President" Rebbe Shlomo Eger of Lublin; R. Dov Berish Weidenfeld Rabbi of Tchebin; yeshiva dean, R. Aryeh Tzvi Frumer, rabbi of Kozhiglov; the secretary R. Moshe Chaim Lau Rabbi of Prešov; R. Ze'ev Wolf Nisenbaum of Drohobitch (Drohobych) and R. Shmuel Führer of Krosno.
Following the passing of R. Meir Shapiro, dean of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva, in Cheshvan 1933, a spiritual committee was established to lead the yeshiva in his stead. On 7th Adar 1934, the members of the spiritual committee paid a visit to the yeshiva to test the students, and those who excelled were presented with Tzurba MeRabbanan certificates. This committee, which was comprised of the leading Torah scholars of Poland and Galicia, directed the yeshiva until the decimation of Polish Jewry during WWII.
The spiritual committee was headed by R. Moshe'nyu Friedman – Rebbe of Boyan-Krakow, who led the yeshiva with the aim of fostering the passionate study of Torah and outstanding excellence.
R. Moshe Friedman – Rebbe Moshe'nyu of Krakow, author of Daat Moshe (1881-1943; perished in the Holocaust). Outstanding Torah scholar, a leader of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. He was the son of R. Shalom Yosef of Husiatyn and son-in-law of his uncle R. Menachem Nachum of Boyan.
The yeshiva dean, R. Aryeh Tzvi Frumer, the Gaon of Kozhiglov (Koziegłowy; 1884-1943; perished in the Holocaust), a prominent Polish Torah scholar. He was well versed both in hidden and revealed parts of the Torah. A grandson of Rebbe Dov Berish of Oshpitzin and close disciple of the Avnei Nezer of Sochatchov (Sochaczew). He served as rabbi of Zavritcha (Zawiercie), Kozhiglov and Sosnovtsa (Sosnowiec). He headed the Sochatchov yeshiva, and later succeeded R. Meir Shapiro in 1933 as dean of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva. He was very active in disseminating and bolstering the study of the Daf HaYomi, established by R. Meir Shapiro. He authored Eretz Tzvi and Siach HaSadeh.
R. Dov Berish Weidenfeld (1881-1965), known as "The Tchebiner Rav" was the son of R. Yaakov Rabbi of Rimalov (Hrymailiv), author of Kochav MiYaakov, foremost Galician Torah scholar. From 1923, he served as rabbi of Tchebin (Trzebinia), Galicia. Already in his youth, he was renowned as a foremost Torah scholar and halachic authority in his generation, with exceptional erudition in the entire Talmud and halachic literature. During his tenure in Tchebin, he established a prominent yeshiva, which attracted the finest, most astute students in Galicia. After the passing of R. Meir Shapiro, he joined the spiritual committee of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva, together with the Gaon of Kozhiglov R. Aryeh Tzvi Frumer and Rebbe Moshe'nyu of Krakow. A Chassid, he was attached to the rebbes of the Belz and Ruzhin dynasties. During the Holocaust, he was exiled to Siberia then Bukhara, reaching Jerusalem in 1946, where he founded the Kochav MiYaakov – Tchebin yeshiva. The Tchebiner Rav was revered by all the leading rabbis of his times, rebbes and yeshiva deans, including R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Chazon Ish and R. Yitzchak Zev of Brisk. His teacher Rebbe Aharon of Belz would refer to him the gravest halachic questions. On his first Shavuot in Jerusalem, he went to pray in the Beit Midrash of the Imrei Emet, rebbe of Ger, who declared upon seeing him: "Today we shall honor the Torah itself with the reading of the Ten Commandments".
R. Shlomo Eger – Rebbe of Lublin (1871-1940, Eleh Ezkera, II, pp. 228-231), son of Rebbe Avraham Eger of Lublin. After the passing of his father in 1917, he began serving as rebbe in their Beit Midrash on Lubartowska St. in Lublin. His brother R. Ezriel Meir served as rebbe in Pilow (Puławy), near Lublin. An outstanding Torah scholar, he was also renowned for his great wealth and large library, which was one of the most prominent libraries belonging to Polish rabbis. Of great assistance in the founding of the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva, he was engaged behind the scenes in the spiritual and material management of the yeshiva. After the passing of R. Meir Shapiro, he established a spiritual committee to lead the yeshiva, headed by the Gaon of Kozhiglov, the Tchebiner Rav and Rebbe Moshe'nyu of Kraków, as well as an administrative committee for the financial management of the yeshiva.
R. Moshe Chaim Lau (1892-1943; perished in the Holocaust). Rabbi of Shotz (Suceava), Prešov and Piotrków Trybunalski. A leader of Agudath Yisrael and Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. One of his sons who survived the Holocaust was R. Yisrael Meir Lau – chief rabbi of Israel, presently chief rabbi of Tel Aviv.
[1] leaf. 52 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and ink fading. Open tears to margins and folds, affecting text (repaired with paper; mounted on paper for preservation).
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