Letter from Solomon Weil to Isaac Leeser;September 13, 1853

Title: Letter from Solomon Weil to Isaac Leeser;September 13, 1853
Author: Solomon Weil
Contributor: Isaac Leeser
Location(s): New York City; Philadelphia
Format: Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).; Legal
Type: Letter
Language(s): English
Physical Characteristics: Manuscript
Is Part Of: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries
content: Hebrew
New York Sept 13/5613 A. M.
Revd Mr. Isaac Leeser Philadelphia!
Dear Sir!
Though I promised you when I was in your city to comunicate to you, so could I not being not able to comply with your request, to my regret, owing to a famine of news, I deferred it. As agreable the task would be to me, and as meagre & barren even my comunication would have been, should I have knowen something important enough of recording in your paper, I certainly would have complied with.
Would I have knowen that your correspondents here, would not have informed you, as regards the dedication of the synagogue in Wmsburg in its proper time, I would have taken the liberty of doing so, a I have wittnesed the consecration.
As regards me, I can give you the greatest satisfaction of my situation. The institution of Mr Sivor (the proprietor) encreases dayly. We held yesterday our examination, the first since our existence (3 months!) which result to give, would be immodest from me to comunicate; as you will hear of it (?!) Some of the gentlemen of the committee were Mr Jones or Jonas and Dr Friedlein (who formerly was a candidat of Rabbinism, and a pedagogue in the house of Mr Lorsh of Munich, Bavaria) which we both eminint eminent & high learned gentlemen. The minor class I instruct. Also the sacred language, to the little sons of Judah, with the translation of the Bible Hebrew & Hebrew every sunday is my task. I give them, then a lecture on

Judaism, which always in followed & repeated, with more strength by our orthodoxish Proprietor Mr. Livor.
The children some 12 or 13 years old, coming from other schools to ours are not able of reading hebrew, nor translate a chapter of the pentateuch correct. I do not comprehend, how that is!
But the skillful Teacher, who without fatiguing know's, how to arrange such labours displayes his talents of showing the Hebrew juveniles, what their future destination to what Israel is chosen & dedicated &c. By some of children, it had effected already.
But the most what is to deplore, the moral instruction the child receives in school is all forgotten when the child returns home, to the parental roof & wittnessed how busily the father is engaged on the sabbath in selling goods; how the mother stands in the kitchen preparing food (as I saw on Hebrew)! Such is our Judaism!
I would like very much to occupy your attention a little longer, but the time of our devotion draws nigh. I wish you to the beginning of the year, that the Lord of all flesh may grand you life for many years to come, to enjoy good health & that the seed which you distralated? in your Occident may not by its readers fall of barren soil; that your toil & labour may be blessed Hebrew.
Please dear Sir! I rejoice me, with your comu,nication and you will oblige yours
brotherly connected in faith
Solomon Weil
No 262 Fifth Street
near Avenue C.
Identifier: LSDCBx9FF14_25
Date: 1853-09-13

Part of Letter from Solomon Weil to Isaac Leeser;September 13, 1853

Solomon Weil, “Letter from Solomon Weil to Isaac Leeser;September 13, 1853”, 1853-09-13, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/68530