(The Gaon of Teplik, 1876-1948). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Bick.

POLONSKY, SHIMSHON AHARON.

16th Adar II

Jerusalem

1935

Rabbinic ordination. A yoreh yoreh yadin yadin semicha. In addition to the standard text, Rabbi Polonsky highlights the rabbinic lineage of Rabbi Bick, including his descent from the Chacham Tzvi.

Rabbi Polonsky was the rabbi of Teplik in Volhynia. After immigrating to Eretz Yisrael in 1922 he became rabbi of the Beit Yisrael neighborhood in Jerusalem. His work Divrei Aharon on Shas and poskim was published shortly before his death. Rabbi Bick-Shauli (1913-90) published an edition of Megilat Sefer by R. Ya’akov Emden, and many scholarly works. His father, mentioned in this document, was R. Shaul Yissachar Bick (1884-1971) of Medziboz.