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Rabbinical Ordination Letter – “Yoreh Yoreh, Yadin Yadin”, handwritten by Rabbi Elkanah Weissenstern, Rabbi and Dayan in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem - A rare and unique handwritten rabbinical ordination letter in the original handwriting of Rabbi Elkanah Weissenstern, one of the prominent rabbis of Jerusalem in the post-Holocaust period. He served as rabbi and religious judge (Moreh Tzedek) in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood and was a member of the Jerusalem Rabbinical Council. In this letter, Rabbi Weissenstern grants the recipient full rabbinical ordination — “Yoreh Yoreh, Yadin Yadin” (authorization to rule on matters of Jewish law and to serve as a judge) — after finding him worthy to render halachic rulings in Israel. 📜 Entirely autograph and signed 📆 Jerusalem, ca. 1962 📏 Size: 28×21.5 cm 🔖 Original rabbinic stamp 📑 Excellent condition