Letter from Morais, Sabato to Jones, A. T. Philadelphia, PA; Aug 1888
- Title
- Letter from Morais, Sabato to Jones, A. T. Philadelphia, PA; Aug 1888
- Date Created
- 22 August 1888
- Format
- 2 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 8, Folder 13
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p39k46c4h/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p39k46c4h
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx8FF13_4.xml
- content
-
A. T. Jones Esqre
Dear Sir
In answer to your queries, I beg to say:
1. The Mikveh is a Rabbinical institution, of very ancient date.
2. It must possess a dimension, enabling a person of average size to plunge into it, without leaving a particle of the body exposed.
3. The water must flow into it from the main source. It must not be poured into it.
4. The object is both sanitary and symbolical.
5. Married women, after their monthly courses have entirely stopped, ought, according to Talmudical dictum, to wash in it, and not in an ordinary tub.
6. Persons voluntarily joining the Hebrew faith, must make an immersion as described above allusive typical to their having washed away every cleansed themselves of erroneous idea, and having become mentally regenerated.
7. A non-Israelite, as soon as he has recovered from the operation of circumcision, must undergo ablu--tion, in the same manner as performed done by a non-Israelitish wo--man, who, of course naturally, does not go through any other process.
8. A female place the neophite woman into the Mikveh.
The applicant of a woman, is placed by goes into enters the Mikveh by two female in the presence of 2 lady friends.
While there, three Rabbis, being keeping at a respectable distance caution the neophytes, whether a males or a females against breaking the promised faith, and after the ablation, they make them pronounce a benediction. - Identifier
- p39k46c4h
- identifier
- SMBx8FF13_4
Part of Letter from Morais, Sabato to Jones, A. T. Philadelphia, PA; Aug 1888
Morais, Sabato and Jones, A. T., “Letter from Morais, Sabato to Jones, A. T. Philadelphia, PA; Aug 1888”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88869