Certificate of ordination for a shochet, signed by the shochet and bodek R. Avraham Rom, and by the dayanim of the Beit Din: R. Yosef Gershon Horowitz, R. Eliyahu Rom and R. Avraham David Rosenthal. With several lines handwritten and signed by the head of the Beit Din, R. Tzvi Pesach Frank. Jerusalem, 1941.
Large calligraphic certificate, in black and red ink. The recipient of this ordination is R. Yehoshua Baruch Levy "student of the Torat Emet yeshiva" (Chabad yeshiva), who was tested on his expertise in sharpening and inspecting the knife, slaughtering, and examination of the lungs.
The first signatory on this certificate, the renowned shochet R. Avraham Rom (1903-1963), son of R. Yonah Rom of Birzh, a rabbi of Jerusalem. He was renowned as an expert shochet and outstanding Torah scholar, and many relied on his rulings. Interestingly, after R. Avraham Rom passed away, R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv stopped eating meat, since he was wary of trusting the rulings of any other shochet.
[1] leaf. 45 cm. Thick card. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases.