Letter from Jonas Bondi to · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Location(s)

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).

Letter

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Hebrew

Physical Characteristics

Unlined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

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content

Friday
“Why did Moses delay going down from the mountain”? Why has there been no answer? You have received a fine piece of work. I beg of you to accept at once both the German as well as the postscript, and also to translate in to English. Include it in the following number. In the postscript against Szold and Einhorn, I want to swat two flies at once. Isay that when one man is a rascal it does not mean that the other is too. About Szold we do not know at all what he hold to. Einhorn, at least, said definitely what he wants. For this he de-serves thanks. “And thou shalt make a fence around thy roof”. Nothing in this postscript should seem unnatural to him. “The wise man has his eyes in his head”. But I must urgently request that you send me the proof sheets. I shall return them to you at once, and there will be no delay. The articles are very important for our interests. That you will discover upon mature consideration. Only such language is effective. I therefore ask you to print the entire sermon and the postscript in one issue. You will be able to sell separate numbers of it. That is why a quarter of a sheet more will not be injurious Set up the galley and prepare an English translation of the sermon. Send me at lease ten copies of this issue. Szold's defense of the Minhag America is shameful and is completely contrary to Wise. As I point out in the notes ? in calm language, one must stroke playfully without scratching. “This is the manner of theTorah” Ein-horn does you much honor. He calls you the old lion. It is good that you can roar while he can only shout. Do no write against it. “I shall answer my traducers”.
Berend is crazy. Don't accept anything fromhim. He puts Jesus on an equal plane with Moses. He is an ignoramus and in the highest degree confused. At his Sunday services, there was “no man and no response”. I must end because of the approach of the Sabbath.

Your friend who respects you with a
sincere heart, which
wails like a dove.
All the remarks on themargin of the pages belong to the text, except where the word note is written nearby. That belongs below the text. There are only two notes- one in the sermon itself and one in the postscript. I urgently ask you to take the greatest care in the setting up.