Letter from L. M. Cohen to Isaac Leeser;April 23, 1851 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from L. M. Cohen to Isaac Leeser;April 23, 1851

Author

L. M. Cohen

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Date Created

23 April 1851

Location(s)

Easton

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 3 page(s).

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

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https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p30000k8g/manifest.json

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Physical Characteristics

Lined Paper

Wax Seal

Manuscript

Is Part Of

The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

content

Easton Pa. April 23. 1851.
The new congregation which of late arose was started in this place under the name of ,,Emanu El" will to all appearance be of but very short duration, since the same causes which effected the split of the old and gave rise to this new congregation begin to prevail in much higher degree in the latter. Not the spirit of true religion, that of love, piece and righteousness is there to be found, but in the contrary nothing but tyranny injustice and irony is doing and therefore continual guards and lamentable scandals are taking place. The conse-quence of all this is, that this congregation cannot get a suitable man to act as minister, three persons already were soho? had been solicited to come here and occupy this place have declined on hearing what here is going on, so that they were obliged to write for one to Ger-many but—in vain. What characterizes this congregation and throws to me light over their religious principles is the fact that their principal leader and present minister of is a man who acknowledges no religion at all and; after having performed the service in the syna-gogue he returns to me to go his grocery store business and violates the sacred law of the sabbath for which he just now had praised God ,,who has given it to us" thus evidently showing that he has only his play with religion.
That our holy religion is thus profaned in the eyes of our christian brethern is much to be lamented and the sooner

a congregation of this kind would cease to be the better
A Veritas
Mr. Editor!
I request you to give these few lines a space in your much esteemed paper by whereby you will oblige your
yours truly
L M Cohen
P. S. Please send me a copy of the next number of your paper.

Rev. Mr. Isaac Leeser
Editor of the Occident
Philadelphia
Pa.

The above text refers to Occident Volume 8 No. 12 page 617. Click here to view.

Identifier

LSDCBx1FF8_33

Date

1851-04-23

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