Letter from Morais, Sabato to Cohen, Emanuel. Philadelphia, PA; Jan 1897
- Title
- Letter from Morais, Sabato to Cohen, Emanuel. Philadelphia, PA; Jan 1897
- Date Created
- 16 January 1897
- Format
- 4 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 7, Folder 11
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p37w67r43/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p37w67r43
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx7FF11_2.xml
- content
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S. MORAIS
546 N. FIFTH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Jan 16, 97
Inst. Heerman
Mode of Burial
authority therefore
Emanuel Cohen Esqr
313 Niccolet Avenue
Minneapolis
Minnesota
S. MORAIS,
546 N. FIFTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Saturday night. Jan 16. 97
My dear Emanuel
It is far from my expectations that H will liquidate his debt, whilst I am living. I only wish that he would pay the yearly in--terest. Of course, I shall not press the payment, in order not to occasion pain, which would make me also miserable.
I very much dislike to be adding to the principal, especially under present circumstances. You and dear Nina, will, no doubt act hereafter wisely but kindly to the advantage of all concerned.
I can appreciate the difficulty which you will meet in the discharge of so delicate a mission, but to relinquish a sum, which has already swelled up, and which is likely to increase still more as years roll on, I would consider an in--justice.
Now, about the other subject.
You did not give me any "pain," by approaching that subject. Life has never been to me a delightful gift from my parents, and that, for reasons which it were idle and foolish to restate. At one time, I spoke and wrote against cre--mation. In later years, my mind underwent a decided change. Still, as I have already stated to you when in Phila, the fear of shocking the Jewish community, made me reconsidered the deter-mination of being cremated.
But I have conceived an unconquerable dislike against the practice of being washed and shrouded. That needs not be only openly said. People may be told that as a means of atonement, I expressed the desire of being wrapped in a sheet over the clothes, which I hap--pened to have on at the hour of death, and being buried between two layers of quick time, so that the flesh be soon consumed. I should to you that the last mentioned plan has not been opposed by the Rabbis. I have seen it followed in Italy, and I heard that the late ecclesiastical Chief of the Portuguese Congregation in London--Rabbi Benjamin Artom was so interred.
This will suffice very affectionately S Morais - Identifier
- p37w67r43
- identifier
- SMBx7FF11_2
Part of Letter from Morais, Sabato to Cohen, Emanuel. Philadelphia, PA; Jan 1897
Morais, Sabato and Cohen, Emanuel, “Letter from Morais, Sabato to Cohen, Emanuel. Philadelphia, PA; Jan 1897”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88744