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Signature of the Father of Hora'ah the Rav of Teplik on Receipts
Two different receipts, one of them hand-signed by the great Gaon Rabbi Shimshon Aharon Polansky of Teplik.
The receipts confirm the transfer of funds for the expenses of the United Chevra Kaddisha of Jerusalem by Kollel Vohlin.
One receipt is from 1939 and the other from 1943. The stamp of Kollel Vohlin also appears on them as well as the stamps of the Alexander Eliash Bank and accountant Friedenberg.
The forms were also signed by Rabbi Yisroel Rabin and Rabbi Yitzchak Yoel Margoles, the heads of Kollel of Vohlin.
The Gaon Rabbi Shimshon Aharon Polansky "The Tepliker Rov" (1876-1948), the father of the Psak and Hora'ah tradition, one of the greatest Poskim of all generations who taught many great rabbis and Poskim. At a young age served as Rav in several cities until he was accepted as the Rav of Teplik, where he served for about twenty years as Rav and Av Beis Din. Later, he immigrated to Eretz Yisroel. Was renowned as highlyy knowledgeable and as a sharp Gaon. The greatest Poskim were his disciples or Meshamshim, including Maranan Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Fischer, Rabbi David Jungreis, Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner, the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the Rishon LeZion the Gaon Rabbi Ovadya Yosef and more.
