Marriage certificate signed by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld – Rare

An official form of the "City Council of the Ashkenazi Community" – a marriage certificate given to the groom Mordechai Bezalel Ganzel and the bride Rachel Weissenstern on 25.1.1920. The form includes the names of bride and groom, the date and place of birth [Batei Ungarin], their occupation and their parent's occupation [merchant, Yeshiva student], place of residence [Batei Ungarin, Jerusalem], date and place of marriage [26.12.1919].
The certificate was signed by the Rabbi who arranged the marriage, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld as well as the witnesses "Mendel Cohen, Merchant" and "Baruch Bilitzer, Torah Scribe".
The form is also signed by Rabbi Moshe Bloi (who later left the Haredi community and was among the heads of Agudat Yisrael) and the chief secretary Rabbi Reuben Shlomo Yungreis (head of the Zealots and the father of Rabbi David Yungreis, head of rabbinical court of the Haredi community). There are also stamps of the city council and the rabbinical court.
The Zealots in Jerusalem founded a separate committee called "The City Council of the Ashkenazi Community". The Council was acknowledged by the Mandate authorities. Later, its name was changed to the "Ha'Eda Ha'Haredit" (The Haredi Community).
Condition: Fair, tears in several places, folding marks.