Letter from Isaacs, A. S. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Nov 1879
- Title
- Letter from Isaacs, A. S. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Nov 1879
- Date Created
- 17 November 1879
- Format
- 2 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 2, Folder 8
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pn8z10t/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pn8z10t
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx2FF8_38.xml
- content
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The "Jewish Messenger,"
92 Walker Street.
New York, Nov 17 1879
My dear Friend:
I am glad I left 14. alone. I have not Lalle's emendations. [?]chender has not answered yet. I did not write to Berliner. Those German fellows are terribly busy & neglect their correspondents.
This angle-handed work here—for the present. Thank God, in [?]s' time when the children became men & women, I may have an [?]bal congregation. May the dream be realized & not rudely be broken like so many other visions of young men. Motives of delicacy have hitherto restrained me from referring to the E. B'way syn. [?] which is being [?]rred on steadily, with excellent results, & in which I shall very soon open classes in Mishna, Bible & Jewish History, for Sabbaths (12-2). But now since I suggested to
[?] to start me in his syn., I can refer to that without being suspected of personal advertisement. On Sabbath last, I attended the service there (I preach once a month) & the sight was superb. I have never seen such an assemblage of children in a synagogue for worship. There were nearly 400 & the wall was lined with grown people. [?] spoke well & to the point. Oh, his blessed work, which shall bring its fruition in time. As soon as one year more passes, & the boys and girls are a little maturer, there are many ways of improving the method in use. Their English literature must be taught as well & Sunday evenings I shall utilize for social purposes making the little ones read, sing play, & dance & have then parents at hand. This is the best way to Amer. them.
Yours,
A S Isaacs
Rev. S. Morais - Identifier
- p3pn8z10t
- identifier
- SMBx2FF8_38
Part of Letter from Isaacs, A. S. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Nov 1879
Isaacs, A. S. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Isaacs, A. S. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Nov 1879”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/87141