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RABBI MOSHE ARYEH FREUND. RARE SEMICHA DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE RABBI FREUND AND THE POST-WWII BEIS DIN IN SATMAR TO RABBI AHRON YECHIEL LEIFER, THE BANIA REBBE OF TZFAS . Rare semicha document from the post-WWII era, issued by the Beis Din re-established in Satmar under Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Friedman, Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund, Rabbi Yechiel Ausch and Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Weiss. Rabbi Ahron Yechiel Leifer (1912-2000), son of Rabbi David of Bania and son-in-law of Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Tirnauer of Shamkut. A descendant of the Nadvorna chassidic dynasty, and from 1950, Rebbe in Tzefas, where he drew many closer to Torah observance. Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund (1904-1996), son of Rabbi Yisrael of Huniad; was renowned from a young age for his Torah scholarship and saintliness, and served as assistant to his father at his Yeshiva. He lost his first wife and eight children in the Holocaust. After WWII, he served as Rabbi of Satmar for a short period, before settling in Jerusalem where he headed Yeshivas Yitav Lev – Satmar and was appointed Dayan of the Eida Charedis, and subsequently as Rosh Beis Din and finally as Av Beis Din. Founded Kiriath Rema in Beit Shemesh, as well as a Talmud Torah and Yeshivos that were later named Mosdos Rema in his memory. Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund was highly regarded for his saintliness and Torah scholarship and considered a poel yeshuos (performer of miracles). Author of Ateres Yehoshua. Rabbi Yechiel Ausch (d. 1993), Before WWII he served as Rabbi of Wulkan. After the war, he was a Dayan in Satmar before settling in New York. Author of Avnei Eish. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Friedman (d. 1980), son of Rabbi Yisrael Chaim of Rachov – author of Likutei Maharich. He succeeded his father as Rabbi of Rachov (1922), and after WWII headed the Beis Din in Satmar, before settling in Lugano, Switzerland, where he served as Rabbi. Known for his rabbinic scholarship and saintliness. Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Weiss (1902-1979), son of Rabbi Menachem Weiss, Dayan of Munkacz. Served as Dayan in Satmar after WWII, before settling in Eretz Yisrael and becoming Rabbi of the orthodox community in Yaffo, and later of Nevei Achiezer. 1 side. 22 x 30 cm. Condition fair. Significant tears.