The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
YEAR OF PRAYERS =.
PROVIDED IN WILL
Document, in Hebraic Script,
Bids Sons to Attend Ser
vices Daily.
LIMITS VISITS TO GRAVE
Henry Greenberg Asked That
Bit of Jerusalem Earth Be
Buried With Him.

One of the most unusual wills to md
its way into the Office Of the Surrogates'
Court In some time was that OF Henry
Greenberg. a real estate man Of ~
West 10Th street, which was filed yes
terday for probate Greenberg died
June 6.
The will is written on parchment
scroll in ancient Hebralc script and with
II was filed typewriter translation.
The rrst stipulation is that on the day
OF the testator's death n cablegram shall
be despatched to the Talmudical School
in Palestine notifying 1t of his demise
and also that facts in connection with
his death be brought to the attention OF
the inhabitants of Hebron. Tiberiaus and
Suited, towns in Palestine.
Continuing the will provides that on
the day following the testator's death
there shall be hired nine learned men
who shall. during the entire year after
his demise, pray in my synagogue In
my house at 80 West l19th street daily.
morning and evening. These learned
men are also TO hold special services on
all Jewish holidays. 1t is required OF
the four sons Of the decedent, Mendel w.
Greenberg, Meyer Greenberg, Henry
Greenberg and Abraham Greenberg, that
they daily shall attend the services and
offer up prayers for the departed.
For their services the nine learned
men each receive $40 a month and the
sons shall receive $25 a month each. The
sons are also directed to bury in the
same grave as the decedent shat por-
ton of the earth OF Jerusalem to be
found in a closet in my bedroom"
Further Instructions to the sons are
that they are to maintain forever the
synagogue in the home OF the decedent
and to throw open the doors of II to all
worshippers on Jewish holidays. no
charge to be made to visitors on the
days specified. This synagogue rs to
remain the same as the decedent con-
Quoted 1t during his life time and left
Il on his death. Continuing. the will
provides
81 delegate my son-in-law. Joseph
SHERMAN, to the Office of president of
the Machpelah Cemetery, over which /
always had control. also appoint my
son, Henry Greenberg, as secretary and
admonish them not to permit the burial
there of any one who shall have violated
the Sabbath. They may occasionally
give away n grave, free of charge. but
only to a holy Jew II he died poor. but
shall not sell or give away even to my
own children nor to their children any
grave to one who has violated the OBJ
seryance of the Sabbath
Decedent directs his children shall
not visit his grave until the anniversary
OF his demise. The distribution Of lega-
cies is conditioned on the careful carry
ing out of all the provisions Of the I'M
usual document.
The estate. which includes numerous
valuable East Side properties. the dece-
dent directs shall be kept intact and the
income divided into twenty equal parts.
seventeen of the shares to be paid an
nually to his children and grandchildren
and the other three parts to provide for
the payment every quarter of $500 TO
the Talmud Torah Poland. OF 16s suf-
folk street $500 to the Yeshiva Solo,
mon, of 3l9 Rivington street; $500 ITO
my own Beth Medresh in Hebron. Pales-
tine" and $500 to other religious insti-
tutions in, Palestine. 1t is also pro-
vided that the executors shall set aside
$3.50 each year for the purchase and
distribution of matzoths, a custom which
the decedent states he has observed each
year
The value Of the estate is not given
IN the petition accompanying the will.
but It is believed to be large.
At the Greenberg home. II was said
last night that Mr.. Greenberg was born
in Russian Poland and came to this
country while in his twenties. unable to
speak a word Of English. He had trav-
elled extensively, however. and having
been educated in Russian universities.
quickly adapted himself to the land of
his adoption. He died at the age of II.
He made three trips to Palestine after
coming to America, returning from the
last trip about twelve years before his
death. He was exceptionally well versed
in Hebrew history and Vas acknowl-
edged TO be one of the best Hebrew
scholars in America. He wrote several
volumes on ancient and modern He
bralc law.
In the Palestine town which he d.
rected by his will to be notified OF his
death he had established schools and
these were maintained by himself and
other ph!lanthropic Hebrews in America.
He also established four Hebrew schools
IN this city, in Fifty-sixth. Sixty-ninth.
Hath and Rivington streets. The earth
ne directed should be placed in his grave
was brought from Palestine by him.
Surviving. in addition to the four sons
mentioned in the will. are his widow
and six daughters. Two Of the sons are
lawyers and The others are engaged In