Letter from Isaacs, I. S. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Dec 1875
- Title
- Letter from Isaacs, I. S. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Dec 1875
- Date Created
- 20 December 1875
- Format
- 3 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 2, Folder 2
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3w669t78/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3w669t78
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx2FF2_17.xml
- content
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Congregation "Shaaray Tefila,"
FORTY-FOURTH ST. SYNAGOGUE,
New York, Dec. 20th 5636, 1875
Dear & reverend Sir,
I have the pleasure to inform you that a meeting was held yesterday of the Ritual Committee appointed by the Trustees of this Congregation to report to the Congregation such changes in the order of services as they may deem advis-able, whereas Rev. S. M. Isaacs and Rev. Dr. Mendes were present as Advis-ory Committee. It having been stated by Rev. S. M. Isaacs that he was in communication with you and other learned ministers with a view to the early holding of a General Convention and that this committee should defer its action until such convention met so that so that there may not be isolated action, the following resolution was adopted of which I
was instructed to send you a copy.
Resolved that the further con-sideration of the ritual be post-poned so that the views of a confer-ence of Spiritual heads of American Congregations to be held within the next month may be communicated to this Committee it being under-stood that in any event this committee is to be called together at no later period than one month from date"
I trust, dear Sir, that you will appreciate the position of this Committee who are desirous to satisfy the parties in the Congregation. They hes-itate to urge even trivial charges in the hope that by union with other Committees similarly constituted, a ritual may be devised that will answer the demands of the age.
At the same time they feel it a duty not to delay action.
Will you not therefore call such convention to meet at an early date? I am authorized to state that the Board of Trustees will send delegates to such Convention whenever and wherever called.
Thanking you, Sir in the name of the Committee for the exertions that you have made in behalf of true Judaism, and trusting that you will be enabled to practically demonstrate with your colleagues that radicalism can be checked by a wise concert of action on the part of conservative leaders
Yours with great respect
Rev. S. Morais I. S. Isaacs
Phila. sec'y of Committee - Identifier
- p3w669t78
- identifier
- SMBx2FF2_17
Part of Letter from Isaacs, I. S. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Dec 1875
Isaacs, I. S. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Isaacs, I. S. to Morais, Sabato. New York, NY; Dec 1875”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 20, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/87195