Report card of student Chaim son of R. Shmuel Greineman. Tiferet Tzion yeshiva, Bnei Brak, Elul 1936.

Report card for general exam, where the student was given a grade of "excellent" in comprehension and "very good" in knowledge, diligence and behavior. Signed by the rabbis of the "examination committee" and members of the yeshiva administration: R. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievski (the Steipler, who was also R. Chaim Greineman's uncle), R. Avraham Yitzchak Gershonowitz and R. Yaakov Schneidman.

R. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899-1985), an extraordinary Torah leader of the past generation, known as the Steipler after his hometown of Hornostaipil, Ukraine. Following his marriage to the sister of the Chazon Ish, he was appointed dean of the Novardok yeshiva in Pinsk, and in 1934, he immigrated to Eretz Israel to serve as dean of the Beit Yosef Novardok yeshiva in Bnei Brak, where he lived with his brother-in-law, the Chazon Ish. After the yeshiva shut down, he continued his studies in Kollel Chazon Ish and at home, authored the Kehillot Yaakov series and earned a reputation as an exceptional person with divine inspiration.

R. Avraham Yitzchak Gershonowitz (1888-1954), Rabbi of Zhabinka in the Brisk region (Poland-Lithuania), immigrated to Eretz Israel in the autumn of 1935, and was appointed head of the Tiferet Tzion yeshiva in Bnei Brak.

The recipient of the report card, R. Chaim Shaul Greineman (1926-2015), later renowned as a leading Torah authority, author of Chidushim UBeurim. A nephew of the Chazon Ish, he was ten and a half years old at the time the report card was written, and his brilliant mind and profound understanding were already recognized.

[1] leaf. 25 cm. Printed leaf, filled out by hand, with the yeshiva's stamp. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains, light damage to folds.

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