shohat

For several years my grandfather travelled in Hode's train, in the capacity of shohat providing kosher meat for the little troup in the unholy wilds of "far Russia"; and the grateful couple rewarded him so generously that he soon had a fortune of eighty rubles laid by.

The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915

Besides the rav and the dayyan there were other men whose callings were holy, -- the shohat, who knew how cattle and fowls should be killed; the hazzan and the other officers of the synagogue; the teachers of Hebrew, and their pupils.

The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915

Besides the rav and the dayyan there were other men whose callings were holy, – the shohat, who knew how cattle and fowls should be killed; the hazzan and the other officers of the synagogue; the teachers of Hebrew, and their pupils.

The Promised Land 1912

For several years my grandfather travelled in Hode's train, in the capacity of shohat providing kosher meat for the little troup in the unholy wilds of "far Russia"; and the grateful couple rewarded him so generously that he soon had a fortune of eighty rubles laid by.

The Promised Land 1912

For several years my grandfather travelled in Hode's train, in the capacity of shohat providing kosher meat for the little troup in the unholy wilds of "far Russia"; and the grateful couple rewarded him so generously that he soon had a fortune of eighty rubles laid by.

The Promised Land Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 1912

Besides the rav and the dayyan there were other men whose callings were holy, ” the shohat, who knew how cattle and fowls should be killed; the hazzan and the other officers of the synagogue; the teachers of Hebrew, and their pupils.

The Promised Land Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 1912