Tuv Taam – New York, 1875 – Polemic Regarding Jewish Ritual Slaughter in the US

Tuv Taam – New York, 1875 – Polemic Regarding Jewish Ritual Slaughter in the US
Tuv Taam, rejoinder to the claims opposing Jewish shechita in the USA, explaining the prohibition of stunning an animal before its slaughter, by R. Aharon Zvi Friedman, with responsa by several other rabbis. New York, [1875]. Hebrew and some English.
Four parts with separate title pages: Tuv Taam, Livyat Chen, Chen Tov and Re'ach Tov.
R. Aharon Friedman (1822-1876) was born in Stawiski, Poland and served there as a shochet. Upon his immigration to the US in 1848, he continued his former occupation at large shechita industries.
He wrote this composition due to opposition which arose in the USA in 1866 against Jewish ritual slaughter led by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which claimed that Jewish shechita is barbaric and causes great pain to animals. The book contains several responsa by other rabbis as well, on topics related to shechita.
Several handwritten revisions, presumably by the publisher.
Stamps of "Library of the late R. Matityahu Strashun of Vilna".
[2], 4, II, 16, [1], 17-40, [1], 41-107, [1], 3 pages. With the printed front wrapper, without back wrapper. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Defects and small tears to edges of front wrapper. Old, detached binding.
Goldman 1092; Singerman 2503.
Not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.