Letter from Morais, Sabato to Fleischman, S. M. Philadelphia, PA; Dec 1888
- Title
- Letter from Morais, Sabato to Fleischman, S. M. Philadelphia, PA; Dec 1888
- Date Created
- 13 December 1888
- Format
- 2 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 4, Folder 14
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3vh5d37h/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3vh5d37h
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx4FF14_25.xml
- content
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S. MORAIS,
546 NORTH FIFTH ST.,
Philadelphia. December 13th 1888
Rev. S. M. Fleischman
My Dear Sir
In justice to myself and in obe-dience to a sense of duty, I must answer your note just received at some length. It was due to you that I should say what I knew to be the object of Mrs Weiss' request. To conceal it would have been to do violence to the rules that have guided me through life, and to act offensively towards one to whom was com-mitted the best interest of a Jewish Institution.
But you will permit me to say that as a teacher of our people, who will never limit himself in the discharge of what he deems his religious duties obligations, I could not refuse to comply with Mrs W's wish. Naturally, you were to be consulted, before her boy should come to me for instruction in an
observance which she evidently values, and which I have always followed, but to withhold my services when asked in sincerity of feelings, I dared not. It would be arrogant on my part to discuss the importance of the ceremonial injustice of the [Hebrew] Phylactories in a letter simply [?] to place myself in a right light. I may regret that we differ, the more to for reasons which your clear under--standing will interpret at once, but as I dis-claim any right to act in the capacity of a public mentor, I shall say nothing further. With kind regards, and sincere good wishes for the prosperity of the Home, I remain Yours truly S. Morais - Identifier
- p3vh5d37h
- identifier
- SMBx4FF14_25
Part of Letter from Morais, Sabato to Fleischman, S. M. Philadelphia, PA; Dec 1888
Morais, Sabato and Fleischman, S. M., “Letter from Morais, Sabato to Fleischman, S. M. Philadelphia, PA; Dec 1888”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88817