Letter from Joseph Abraham to Isaac Leeser;September 05, 1865
- Title
- Letter from Joseph Abraham to Isaac Leeser;September 05, 1865
- Author
- Joseph Abraham
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Format
- Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- English
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3jw87d45/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3jw87d45
- Physical Characteristics
- Unlined Paper
- Manuscript
- content
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Cincinnati 5 Sepr 1865?
Revd I Leeser
My Dear Sir
I send you a paper called the Christian Advocate containing some remarks on the late dedication of a “progressive Jewish Temple” in this city. Should you deem those reflections worthy of any notice in your publication I have to request that you will not in any way intimate that you recd the paper from a correspondent or any thing of that kind, because it is considered here now a henious offence to do aught which may in any way reflect on Reform or Reformers, and as I am marked, I do not desire to be publicly mixed with their
affair—Hashictures? are how=ever correct & true to the letter, the denial by both the Revd professors of all that we have been taught as constituting Judaism, was complete & emphatic—Rationalism is to govern, against the words of inspiration—Miracles such as the red sea dividing to permit the crossing of Judeas ?, are also mere follies, restoration to Jerusalem & the coming of a redeemer to Israel only old fogy notions—and all the landmarks of our faith entirely gone—and not to side with these tenets is to be ostracised: for all the people are led away nearly by heresies of the day. I wish you all the complements of the season that you may be inscribed in the book of life & that the coming year may be a year of joy & happiness to you & that your labors in the vineyard may bring forth abundant & good fruits—I wish send $10 herein as I know I must be indebted to you I do not wish you to acknowledge receipt in your paper as I shall then be pointed out & I candidly tell you that for policy sake I am compelled to be at least or seem passive, tho' I never disguise my disgust & abhor=ence of the schemes of those who call themselves here teachers in Israel— With regards I am
truly yrs
Joseph Abraham Esq? - Identifier
- LSKAP0135
- Date
- 1865-09-05
Part of Letter from Joseph Abraham to Isaac Leeser;September 05, 1865
Joseph Abraham, “Letter from Joseph Abraham to Isaac Leeser;September 05, 1865”, 1865-09-05, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/67693