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<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATION
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report  of  Siebert  Financial  Corp.  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the quarterly  period ended  September 30, 2002, as
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the
"Report"),  I, Muriel F.  Siebert,  in my capacity as Chair and President of the
Company (and also having responsibilities  equivalent to Chief Financial Officer
of the  Company),  hereby  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss.1350,  as adopted
pursuant to ss.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

     1. the Report fully complies with the  requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects,  the  financial  condition  of the  Company  at the end of the  period
covered by the  Report and the  results of  operations  of the  Company  for the
period covered by the Report.



/s/ Muriel F. Siebert                                  Dated:  November 14, 2002
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Muriel F. Siebert
Chairwoman and President (principal executive officer
and principal financial and accounting officer)

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