Letter from to Isaac Leeser;March 20, 1851
- Title
- Letter from to Isaac Leeser;March 20, 1851
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Date Created
- 20 March 1851
- Format
- Letter. 2 page(s).
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- English
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3rn30t65/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3rn30t65
- Physical Characteristics
- Unlined Paper
- Manuscript
- content
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My dear Mr Leeser
Not wishing to allow you again to accuse me of neglecting to send you any thing of interest that takes place in our small congregation, I hasten to make you acquainted with the fact that "The annual Examination of the Sunday School took place on Sunday 23 March, it was attended by our ? president and all the members of the congregation. There were near thirty children present and all acquitted themselves well. The elder boys under the immediate tuition of our able Hazan the Revd Mr DeSola translated portions of the mishna, Bible prayers &c &c and were made to analyse several difficult sentences which they did with great facility, affording evidence of his the great progress they have made since last year. The younger ones (boys & girls) under the tuition of the Lady teachers were carefully examined in "Scripture Questions" "Pykes Chatechism" "The Creed" "Ten Commandments" and also replied with great readiness and evinced great imprisonment, thus showing how faithfully their teachers perform this pleasing ? they have voluntarily assumed
Before commencing the examinations, the whole together sang In Relohenu? in very good voice and closed with repeating all together the She?. Prises are not distributed that way owing to some mistake, but since which all the most deserving have received some little token as a reward for their exertions."
I have nothing else of interest to offer you just now except
that part of the ceiling of the synagogue gave way some time ago & we have taken the opportunity which obliged to repair to have the whole building cleaned & the walls painted which has much improved the appearance of our pretty little place of worship. I have to thank you for the proof you sent me of the presentation to Desola and ? to congratulate you on the receipt of a similar present
In further news Refer you to our friend Graff?
I ? truly yours
?
Montreal 20 March '51
The above text refers to Occident Volume 9 No. 2 pages 120 through 121. Click here to view. - Identifier
- LSDCBx1FF8_24
- Date
- 1851-03-20
- References
- True
Part of Letter from to Isaac Leeser;March 20, 1851
“Letter from to Isaac Leeser;March 20, 1851”, 1851-03-20, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/64996