Autograph Rabbinic Ordination, Signed

This certificate of ordination (semichah), was bestowed upon R. Samuel Tzvi Hirsch Danski of Kovno. The recipient is described as being familar with Talmud and Codes and “as one of the greats of the land.” In recognition thereof, he was awarded the highest title possible, “Yoreh Yoreh, Yadin Yadin.” Isaac Elchanan Spektor (1817-1896), Rabbi of Kovno, Lithuania, was recognized as the supreme halachic authority of his day. The rabbinical school of Yeshiva University, New York, was named after him. See EJ, Vol. XV, cols. 259-261