Beth Vaad LaChachamim. Hebrew manuscript ledger of by laws and list of members of this central “Gathering of Torah Scholars.” With important signatures (see below).

(JERUSALEM).

(circa

Jerusalem

1910)

This organization sought to improve the physical and spiritual status of rabbinic scholars so that they could aspire to become Dayanim and Torah authorities. Beth Vaad LaChachamim aspired to be a public spiritual center representing the scholars of Jerusalem to their peers in the Diaspora. The 17 signatories are a “who’s-who” of Jerusalem scholars and well-known communal figures. Headed by R. Yaakov David Ridvaz and R. Yitzchak Yeruchem Diskin and includes: R. Shlomo Aaron Wertheimer (researcher of the Cairo Genizah and author of She’elath Shlomo etc), Joseph Tzvi Salant (author of Be’er Yoseph), Samuel Gedaliah Neiman (author of Gidulei Shmuel and Rosh Yeshiva Etz Chaim), Yeshiya Zev Vinograd (author of Shaarei Ziv and Rosh Yeshiva Etz Chaim), Moshe Ostrovsky, Moshe Uri Blau, Mordechai Huminer and others.