EXHIBIT 32.1

                            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 Amendment to the Annual Report of Asta Funding, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K/A for the period ending September 30, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), I, Gary Stern, Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

           (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 consolidated financial condition of the
           Company as of the dates presented and the consolidated result of
           operations of the Company for the periods presented.



         /S/ Gary Stern
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Gary Stern
President and Chief Executive Officer





This Certification has been furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.