EXHIBIT 4.2
[Form of Face of Warrant Certificate]

No. W                            Warrants

                      Void after ________ __, 2001


     STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT CERTIFICATE FOR PURCHASE OF COMMON STOCK

                      HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.


                 This certifies that For Value Received


or registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants ("Warrants") specified above. Each
Warrant initially entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as
hereinafter defined), one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock,
par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at any time between the Initial Warrant
Exercise Date and the Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined), upon the
presentation and surrender of this Warrant Certificate with the Subscription
Form on the reverse hereof duly executed, at the corporate office of AMERICAN
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY as Warrant Agent, or its successor (the "Warrant
Agent"), accompanied by payment of $5.50 (the "Purchase Price") in lawful money
of the United States of America in cash or by official bank or certified check
made payable to Hertz Technology Group, Inc.

     This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby are issued
pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement") dated ________ __,
1996, by and between the Company and the Warrant Agent.

     In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the Warrant
Agreement, the Purchase Price or the number of shares of Common Stock subject to
purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are subject to
modifications or adjustment. Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at
the option of the Registered Holder, but no fractional shares of Common Stock
will be issued. In the case of the exercise of less than all the Warrants
represented hereby, the Company shall cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the
surrender hereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates of like tenor, which the Warrant Agent shall countersign,
for the balance of such Warrants.


     The term "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean ________ __, 1997.

     The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. (New York time on ________
__, 2001, or such earlier date as the Warrants shall be redeemed. If such date
shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a day on which the banks are
authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean 5:00 p.m. (New York
time) the next following day which in the State of New York is not a holiday or
a day on which banks are authorized to close.

     The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities pursuant to
the exercise of this Warrant unless a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to such securities is
effective. This Warrant shall not be exercisable by a Registered Holder in any
state where such exercise would be unlawful.

     This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the
Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent, for a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing an equal
aggregate number of Warrants, each of such new Warrant Certificates to represent
such number of Warrants as shall be designated by such Registered Holder at the
time of such surrender. Upon due presentment with any transfer fee in addition
to any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith, for
registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at such office, a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates representing an equal aggregate
number of Warrants will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor,
subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.

     Prior to the exercise of any Warrant represented hereby, the Registered
Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company,
including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends or
other distributions, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any
proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the Warrant Agreement.

     This Warrant may be redeemed at the option of the Company, at a redemption
price of $.01 per Warrant at any time after ________ __, 1997, provided the
Market Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) for the securities issuable
upon exercise of such Warrant shall exceed $8.75 per share. Notice of redemption
shall be given not later than the thirtieth day before the date fixed for
redemption, all as provided in the Warrant Agreement. On and after the date
fixed for redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no rights with respect to
this Warrant except to receive the $.01 per Warrant upon surrender of this
Certificate.

     Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof, the Company
and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered 


Holder as the absolute owner hereof and of each Warrant represented hereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone
other than a duly authorized officer of the Company or the Warrant Agent) for
all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

     This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware.

     This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Warrant
Agent.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be
duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its officers thereunto duly
authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.

                                HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

                                By: ______________________________
                                    Eli E. Hertz
                                    Its: President

Date:  ______________________________
                   [Seal]




Countersigned:

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY,
as Warrant Agent


By:  ______________________________

     Its: Authorized Officer

                 [Form of Reverse of Warrant Certificate]

                                SUBSCRIPTION FORM

       To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Exercise
Warrants



     THE UNDERSIGNED REGISTERED HOLDER hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
_____ Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the
securities issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that
certificates for such securities shall be issued in the name of


               ____________________________________________

        (please insert social security or other identifying number)


and be delivered to

               ____________________________________________

               ____________________________________________

               ____________________________________________

               ____________________________________________

                  (please print or type name and address)


and if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder
at the address stated below:

               ____________________________________________

               ____________________________________________

               ____________________________________________

                                    (Address)

                     _________________________________
                                     (Date)

                     _________________________________
                     (Taxpayer Identification Number)

If this Warrant has been solicited by a member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., the name of such firm is:__________:

                              Signature Guaranteed

                                   ASSIGNMENT

        To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Assign
Warrants

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto

               ____________________________________________

        (please insert social security or other identifying number)



               ____________________________________________

               ____________________________________________

               ____________________________________________

               ____________________________________________

                  (please print or type name and address)


of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints _________________________________ Attorney to transfer
this Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.


                     _________________________________
                                     (Date)


                              Signature Guaranteed




The signature to the assignment or the Subscription Form must correspond to the
name as written upon the face of this Warrant Certificate in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be
guaranteed by an eligible institution (as defined in rule 17Ad-15 under the
securities and exchange act of 1934) which may include a commercial bank or
trust company, savings association, credit union or a member firm of the
American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange or
Midwest Stock Exchange.