Handwritten certificate of ordination as rabbi, written & signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna Rosh Yeshivat Hebron, to Rabbi Nathan Michael Leiner.
The Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna (1890–1969) was among the closest disciples of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel the “Alter of Slabodka” and was the son in law of Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, Rosh Yeshiva of the Slabodka Yeshiva. He had a leading role in the transfer of part of the Yeshiva from Europe to Chevron in 1925 and following the Chevron Massacre of 1929, the re-establishment of the Yeshiva in Yerusholayim. In 1934, following the passing of his father in law he was appointed Rosh Yeshiva where he served until his passing.
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