Friedman, Aaron Tzvi. Tuv Ta’am [the necessity for Jews to maintain the laws of ritual slaughter]

AUCTION 33 | Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Including Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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Lot 223

(SHECHITAH)

Friedman, Aaron Tzvi. Tuv Ta’am [the necessity for Jews to maintain the laws of ritual slaughter]

Hebrew and English pp. 6, 16, (2), 17-40, (2), 41-75, (2), 77-107, (1), 3. Title slighly stained. Contemporary marbled boards, rubbed. 8vo

New York: M. Topolowsky 1875

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

Aaron Tzvi Friedman (1822-76), a shochet ,or ritual slaughter in New York City responds to the charge by Henry Bergh, President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that shechitah is inhumane. The book also contains responsa from European halachic authorities permitting blood-letting (hakazath dam) prior to slaughter. “According to a “family legend, the English translation of this work convinced President Ulysses S. Grant to eat only kosher meat.” See Y. Goldman, Hebrew Printing in America, number 1092