Page from the Pinkas (ledger) of the Baia communitty signed twice by the community’s Rabbi & the community heads, 1836-1839.
Rabbi Elyakim Getz Hakohen Schwerin av”d Baia was born in Schwerin in 1760 and studied by the Torah leaders of his time: Rabbi Yosef of Posen (son-in-law of the Noda B’Yehudah); Maharam Barby of Pressburg; and Rabbi Mordechai Banet of Nikolsburg. In 1812 he served as av”d in Szabadka and from 1815 av”d in Baia until his passing on the 23rd of Tevet, 1852. He was in constant touch with the Chatam Sofer on halachic issues, refer to: Ishim B’Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 69-70.
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