The Scheiner family was brought up as religious, pious and G-d fearing Jews, however, they were not particularly associated with any group. Isser Dovid was sent to Lubavitch Yeshiva in the Bronx and from there he went on to Lubavitch on Bedford and Dean. At some point he recognized the value of the Rebbe's teachings and the lifestyle of Chabad Lubavitch and went on to study the higher level of education at Lubavich Yeshiva in Montreal. There he enjoyed a very warm, Chassidic environment under the oversight of the great mashpia, Rabbi Gringlass. Also, he received there a certificate of Shechita (kosher ritual slaughtering). This is something we were not even aware of until we came across this certificate. Among other things, it states in here that all Jews can rely on his Shechita...
When I asked his older brother, R' Leib (a"h, who unfortunately passed away during this past year) if he was aware of this certification, he clearly had not known about this. He did, however, mention that at that time the Yeshivos tried to include hands-on Shechita in the curriculum for all the Rabbinic students. Interesting that my father never mentioned this accomplishment.
That he had been ordained as a Rabbi - that we knew.
Below is the Smicha - certificate of ordination signed by Rabbi Piekarski in 1961.
