Letter from Isaac Selig Papfer to Isaac Leeser;February 19, 1854

Title: Letter from Isaac Selig Papfer to Isaac Leeser;February 19, 1854
Author: Isaac Selig Papfer
Contributor: Isaac Leeser
Date Created: 19 February 1854
Location(s): New York City; Philadelphia
Format: Letter. 8 page(s).
Type: Letter
Language(s): English; Hebrew
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Physical Characteristics: Lined Paper; Manuscript
Is Part Of: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries
content: On the Lying Prophets.
Therefore thus says the Lord God; because
you have spoken vanity, and seen lies,
therefore, behold, I am against you, says
the Lord God, and my hand shall be upon
the prophets that see vanity, and that
divine lies; they shall not be in the
assembly of my people, neither shall
they be written in the writing of the
house of Israel, neither shall they
enter into the land of Israel, and
Joy shall know that I am thy Lord
God. Ezekiel XIII. 889.
Various are the ways practiced by seducers of all times, and chiefly by such who proposed themselves to seduce the people of God; the most dangerous, however, were such as begun with their preaching, of a pretended improving of hearts and reason of mankind; disguising as much as possible, their irreligious conduct, and the real feelings of their depraved heart.
I. O. begun likwise with his sermon on the mount, saying: Thank not that I am come to destroy the

the laws or the prophets. I am not come to destroy but to fulfil; for verily, I say unto you, till heaven and earth past one jot or one little shall in no wise past from the law till all be fulfilled.
He and her disciples ended with the abolition of nearly all, the precepts taught by Moses and the prophets.
However, our readers could be induced to believe, that for a member of the Jewish religious society it might be his mission to strive earnestly to render his religion that of the world; not at all, God has given 613 commandments only to the Israelites, for other nations Seven commandments; and from there was already revealed six to Adam and after that time re? to Noah with the addition of Hebrew Hebrew? Talmud Sanhevrin? folio 56. and Tad ? Hilchat? Melachim.
Hebrew

And if we observe attentively the course of events we see a graduel progress in the amelioration of the religious state of the Christians and principaly under? the Protestant sects who by the reading of our holy songs, here learn to revere the God of Israel as the Lord of all mankind; undoubtful we may apply on thousands of them the sentence of the Talmud (Hebrew) Hebrew Hebrew
You see by this that the observation of the Hebrew is sufficient for other nations Hebrew And if God has chosen us as the ofspring of his beloved servants Hebrew to be a priestly kingdom and a holy people, it is by no means our sake to strive to render our religion that of the word; in the contrary, we begin always with making officialties when somebody of other nations would present himself to accept our precepts and laws (Tez Talmad Tabamoth folio 47.) Hebrew Hebrew Hebrew.

Hebrew and ibidem Hebrew
If any body would in the contrary ascertain that it might be our duty to make prosylites, he would show never to have understood Hebrew or that he is a deceiver and willing to seduce us; and every Israelite of sound religious principles will agree that in concordance of the cited places the intention of the Talmud (Perachim folio 80) Hebrew Hebrew
is only that by the exile? of our nation the gentiles being somewhat acquainted with our scriptures will find back in them this a long time ago for their lost covenant that God with Noah and his Generations and that by the word Hebrew here must be understood Hebrew
And if there be some other hidden meaning in it: Hebrew Hebrew surely it will never be like the absurd idea of false prophets of our times, that we should reform our system in order to make by it the unity of God the basis of the faith of mankind.
Hebrew Hebrew Hebrew!

Hebrew

Hebrew

Mon Feb 19, 1854
N.Y. Rosh Hodesh Adar (March)
1854.
Honored Sir:
This is followed by several lines which I desire to see included in the “Occident.” That is, provided you consider them worthwhile for the public. I am convinced of my weakness in the English language inasmuch as I am in this land only a few months. I have no doubt that you will have to make some changes in this and I shall be delighted to have you do it if necessary.
Hebrew
And now, dear Sir, act according to your wisdom for I rejoice over your words greatly and am convinced that your recompense is very great. It is a righteous war that you are conducting, and God will strengthen and hearten and bless you and make for you a name among the great men of the earth. And when you come to your eternal reward, you will know that you have sown righteousness and it has borne fruit
Your faithful servant
Isaac Selig Papfer

(The enclosed Sermon speaks for itself. It is directed against the “misleading arguments” of the reformers. The Hebrew quotations need not be translated for any particular reason. The last page, in Hebrew, adds nothing to what the English says, and may have been written in that language because the preacher was better able to express himself in this way).
Identifier: LSDCBx2FF1_13
Date: 1854-02-19

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