Responsa if it’s permitted to move the place of the Aron Hakodesh in the Vinnytsia synagogue.

Brody, 1903. Two sides, unsigned. 23 Cm.

Publisised in Kovetz Pri Temarim 12.

The esteemed Gaon Rabbi Avraham Benjamin Kluger of Brody (1841-1916), was the only son of the renowned Gaon of Galicia, Rabbi Shlomo Kluger of Brody. He primarily acquired his Torah knowledge from his father, who mentioned his queries from a young age in his Sefer "Milei D’Nizikin." He was chosen for the rabbinate in Zalkova as the candidate of the Chassidim. He was an outstanding scholar and one of the leaders of the Jewish community in Galicia. He corresponded with other rabbis of his generation. He authored the responsa "Sha’arei Binyamin" (Budapest, 1933). During World War I, he emigrated to Budapest. 


The Gaon Rabbi Moshe Nathan Halevi Rubinstein (born 1852) ) was a prominent rabbi and the Av Beit Din in Vinnytsia. He received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from the esteemed Gaon the Natziv and Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Yaffe, as well as from the author of "Torat Chesed" of Lublin.

He authored around thirteen Seforim in Halacha  and Aggadah . Some of them are: "Menorat Zahav" , "Shemen Afarsemon" , "Aleph HaMagen" , "Levushai Argaman" , "Rosh Imnah" , "Yeriot HaMishkan" , "Pnei HaMenorah", "Brachat HaShanim”, "Solet LaMincha", "Chok Natan, " and more. His Seforim demonstrated his brilliance and expertise in Jewish law. His son, Rabbi Raphael Yosef Halevi Rubinstein, served as the Av Beit Din in Vornavitz (Varnavitz). His son-in-law was Rabbi Avraham, who served as the Av Beit Din in Lemin (Lemnia).

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Responsa by the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Benjamin Kluger of Brody to the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Nathan Halevi Rubinstein Ab''d Vinnytsia. 1903.

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