Printed Certificate - Kashrut Certification on Chicory from the Rabbis of Breslau - With a Confirmation Handwritten ...

Printed Certificate - Kashrut Certification on Chicory from the Rabbis of Breslau - With a Confirmation Handwritten and Signed by R. Baruch Rosenfeld Rabbi of Golub - Breslau / Golub, 1865
Printed leaflet, "Kashrut Certification on Chicory", in Hebrew and Yiddish, from the rabbis and dayanim of Breslau, with a confirmation handwritten and signed by R. Baruch Rosenfeld Rabbi of Golub (Golub-Dobrzyń), disciple of R. Akiva Eger. Breslau and Golub, Shevat 1865. Hebrew and Yiddish.
Chicory, which was produced from ground chicory root, served in those days as a cheap substitute for coffee. Some factories mixed in a few percent of pork fat as part of the production process. This aroused a polemic on the kashrut of chicory (regarding the chicory polemic, see: article of R. Yechiel Goldhaber, Yeshurun, vol. XIX-XX; see this catalog item 286). This document is a kashrut certification on chicory, accorded by the rabbis of Breslau, Germany - R. Gedalia Tiktin Rabbi of the city, the dayanim R. Yosef Yehuda Leib Feder and R. Pinchas Lieberman. The kashrut certification was given at the request of "the notable, Mr. Yaakov Abrahamsohn of Toruń". The certificate relates that following the request of this notable, they visited a certain factory in a town adjacent to Breslau, and after supervising the production of chicory, they reached the conclusion that no forbidden components were mixed into it. The certificate offers a detailed description of the production process of chicory in that factory.
Two printed pages on one side of the leaf. The certificate was printed concurrently in two languages: Hebrew on the right-hand page, with the Yiddish text facing it.
A confirmation handwritten and signed by R. Baruch Rosenfeld Rabbi of Golub was added at the foot of the right-hand page, attesting to the authenticity of the rabbis' letters printed on this leaf.
R. Baruch Rosenfeld Rabbi of Golub (1815-1979. Otzar HaRabbanim 4164) was a close disciple of R. Akiva Eger, having studied in his yeshiva for seven years. He was a particularly cherished member of R. Akiva Eger's household, who considered him "like one of his sons, for his righteousness and purity", even earning the appellation "the rabbi's bachur". Following the passing of R. Akiva Eger, his son, R. Shlomo Eger, accorded R. Baruch a rabbinic ordination. R. Shlomo then stated: "With this, I am fulfilling the will of my father who did not get a chance to ordain him". R. Baruch first served as rabbi of Krajenka for some four years, and in 1847, he was appointed rabbi of Golub, Prussia (present day central Poland), a position he held for 33 years.
[1] folded leaf (2 pages). 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Folding marks, tears.