Letter handwritten by the Rosh Av Beis Din Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis dealing with educational matters, Jerusalem, 1942.
In the letter, which was sent to the Jerusalemite activist Rabbi Moshe Porush, the Rosh Av Beis Din deals with educational matters and the requirements of the Mandate Government concerning these matters.
The letter was signed by hand by the Rosh Av Beis Din (which is a rare thing since most of his letters are signed with his signature-like stamp).
The Rosh Av Beis Din Maran the Gaon Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864-1953) Rosh Av Beis Din of HaEdah HaChareidis in Jerusalem and one of Gedolei Hador. Was born in Šnipiškės to his father Rabbi Zvi Hirsch. When he was approx. seventeen, he began studying at the Volozhin Yeshiva where he became close to his Rav the Natziv, who even called him ‘a living Shas’. The Gaon Rabbi Bengis received his Semicha by the greatest of his generation: his Rav the Natziv, the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Elchonon Spektor and the Gaon Rabbi Cahim of Brisk. Served as Rav in several holy communities until in 1938, he was called to serve as Rosh Av Beis Din of HaEdah HaChareidis in Jerusalem and immigrated to the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, he mightily led the community (although he had no tendency to zealousness).
After his passing, he was succeeded by the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Zvi Dushinsky. His disciples included Maran the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv.
22X14 cm.
Fold marks, some tears to the margins, very good condition.
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