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Rabbeinu Yonasan Eybeschutz ZYA”A — Autograph Communal Document of the Kehillos A.H.U. A.H.U., 1762 Confirmation of a resolution enacted by the parnassim and communal leaders of the Kehillos A.H.U. (Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek), entirely in the ksav yad kodsho of Rabbeinu Yonasan Eybeschutz ZYA”A, Av Beis Din of the three communities. It would appear that the document records the appointment of Rabbi Ezriel to succeed R. G. Diaren in a position of authority, following a decision of the Beis Din or communal leadership, which was subsequently approved and confirmed by the gaon in his own handwriting and signature. The following passage is entirely in Rabbeinu's ksav yad kodsho: ”...All of the above was carried out before me with honesty and integrity, and after careful deliberation, solely l'Shem Shomayim. Since R. G. Diaren has departed from here, his place has been taken by the aforementioned Reb Azriel, who was among those previously appointed, and his appointment is hereby approved and confirmed with full authority, as is proper and fitting. Dated this day, the year 1762. Yonasan, residing here in A.H.U....” Rabbeinu Yonasan Eybeschutz (1694–1764), among the greatest gedolim to grace Klal Yisroel, served as Av Beis Din of Prague and Metz and was later chosen to lead the illustrious triple community of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek, a position he held until his petirah. His fame spread throughout the Jewish world through his celebrated seforim, among them Urim VeTumim on Choshen Mishpot, Kreisi U'Pleisi on Yoreh Deah, Bnei Ahuvah on Even HaEzer, Yodei Binah on Orach Chaim, Ya'aros Devash, and many others. The heilige Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditshov writes: “Rabbeinu Yonasan, the mighty gaon and Ish Elokim, merited gilui Eliyahu, who can describe his praises? If only I could merit to be dust beneath his feet...” (Nesiv Mitzvosecha, Shevil HaEmunah, ch. 6).