Beschreibung:

Rabbi Yosef Tuvia Abramovitz, author of “Yad Yosef” on laws of shechita and treifot. An exceptional Torah scholar. Born in Kelm (Lithuania). Immigrated to England and served as shochet in Manchester for 22 years. Wrote his important book on laws of shechita printed in Poltava in 1913, but due to the events of World War I, only three copies remained of that edition which reached the author (as he tells in the introduction). In 1928, in his senior years, Rabbi Yosef Tuvia immigrated to Jerusalem and reprinted his book there. The archive includes: * Printing agreement (2000 copies) with the printer, the Rabbi of Poltava Rabbi Eliyahu Akiva Rabinovitz. Handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Tuvia, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Farber and Rabbi Eliyahu Akiva Rabinovitz. 1913. * Handwritten leaves of preparation for printing, including sections of the author's introduction. Copy of approbations by Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Daiches of Lodz, Rabbi Yisrael Ya'akov Yaffe. Original handwritten approbations and signature of Rabbi Shmuel Michel Rabinovitz (author of Toldot Shas) and Rabbi Menachem Dov Ber Dagotzky of Manchester. * Printing sheet of "Yad Yosef", Poltava edition, 1913 (bibliographically unknown). * Copy of "Yad Yosef", Jerusalem edition, 1928. Author's stamps. (On page 11 a memorial stamp was added for the author's wife who died in 1932). * Signed agreement with "Moshav Zekeinim U'Zkeinot” in Jerusalem, regarding residence and bequeathing property. Jerusalem, 1928. * Papers, letters and envelopes. * Various photographs of Rabbi Yosef Tuvia Abramovitz, passport with photograph from 1926 and photographs of family relatives. [In one photograph, the rabbi holds a sign: "This is the share of my toil, sefer Yad Yosef on the laws of shechita and treifot printed in 1913 in Poltava"]. Dozens of items. Various sizes and conditions.