Letter from Moses Bogen to Isaac Leeser · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Moses Bogen to Isaac Leeser

Author

Moses Bogen

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Location(s)

Philadelphia

Format

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

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Physical Characteristics

Unlined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124370244

content

Hebrew
To my friend, etc, Rev. Leeser:
I, too, request that you grant the wish of my dear friend, Finkelstein, which is also my wish. Don't let it surprise you that I haven't written to you for some long, as is proper between two good friends. The reason is that I had no peace from a man who hates me and who is my bitter enemy, Zoi, a scribe from New York, who came here last winter and accused me of very ugly doings in N. Y. He went from house to house slaughter-ing fowl, and, with a smooth tongue, he aroused the entire community against me. A long time posted until his lies it became known were refuted from New York, and all the honor I received there became known. Then the dispute quieted down, but two enemies remained, and, after the Passover, when he departed, I began to open my eyes. But now recently, the two enemies once more aroused themselves, an since this man is coming here. For myself, I have always loved peace and have always kept away from dispute. Therefore, I ask with my very soul that you be good enough to

announce in your newspaper to all the Jews that there is a certain man, a rabbi a chazan and a schochet, a reader of the Torah, a Mohel, and a shofar blower, and my view is that you should not reveal my name, for, as the saying goes, "One should not throw away muddy water, unless he has clean water," and for a wise man like you, this List is sufficient. I am waiting expectantly for your reply. Whatever the cost of the printing will be, please let me know and I will pay whatever as well as I can. I also have shofars (?) to sell which I am having made by a skilled workman, Moses Katzenellenbogen.
Moses Bogen.

Identifier

LSKAP_NC-16