Letter from Morais, Sabato to Mendes, F. De Sola. Philadelphia, PA; May 1888
- Title
- Letter from Morais, Sabato to Mendes, F. De Sola. Philadelphia, PA; May 1888
- Date Created
- 3 May 1888
- Format
- 2 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 4, Folder 10
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p33t9ds0w/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p33t9ds0w
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx4FF10_1.xml
- content
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Rev. Dr. F. De Sola Mendes
My dear Sir
Let a pressure of occupations of a melancholy nature, and many private concerns be my apology for a seeming neglect. I regret that I cannot atone for a delay in ack-nowledging receipt of your three communications by agreeing to your wish. It will not lie in my power to serve the our Minister's association by preparing a paper for its next conference. It is true that at the last meeting, your good President asked me to do so prepare such, but I did not promise to comply & I simply said told him as far as I can remember--"It is too far ahead to speak of it" with regard to my endorsing the Prayer book, I make bold to tell privately say, that early training, habits--prejudice if you will--stand in the way. You may have seen translations of all our prayers in Spanish. They were in for private use among our women--only some of the Heftaroth being publicly translated--I have also books of prayers of a character kindred somewhat similar to yours--not so extensive--in modern languages, and I have lent them out on special occasions. You no doubt possess some of them.
But while I admit that something ought to be done to awaken a spirit of devotion--and home is the fittest place to arouse it--I fear to offend my first love--the Hebrew, by recommending a book which may still further supplant it. Pardon the freedom, and please let not the public know that I have thus taken it. Yours truly S. Morais
May 3./88 - Identifier
- p33t9ds0w
- identifier
- SMBx4FF10_1
Part of Letter from Morais, Sabato to Mendes, F. De Sola. Philadelphia, PA; May 1888
Morais, Sabato and Mendes, F. de Sola, “Letter from Morais, Sabato to Mendes, F. De Sola. Philadelphia, PA; May 1888”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88926