Letter from Morais, Sabato to Unknown Addressee. New York, NY; Aug 1861 · Sabato Morais Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Morais, Sabato to Unknown Addressee. New York, NY; Aug 1861

Author

Morais, Sabato

Date Created

20 August 1861

Location(s)

United States -- New York -- New York

United States -- New York

Format

1 page on 1 sheet

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Language(s)

English

Source

Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

Sabato Morais Collection, Box 1, Folder 18

Has Format

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3mp4w70w/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3mp4w70w

Provenance

Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.

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content

My dear Sir August 20th 1861
Some mutual friends have related to me that you are under the impression I have authorized you to take an oath with the head uncovered. I wish therefore to recall to your mind that I was not consulted at all upon that subject. Your two questions concerned the preaching [Hebrew] and the delivering of the (so called) "lord's prayer". About the first, I said, that if your sermons were confined to moral teaching, and no Hebrew quotation—especially with the name of God—was made, you might, under circumstances, comply with the prevailing custom. About the Second, I gave it as my firm opinion, that its rehearsal by a Jew, would sound as an avowal of the authority whence it is supposed to have been derived, and consequently not allowable. You will no doubt remember this, and when the opportunity offers, disabuse the mind of those friends of ours. I would have communicated verbally, what I have now committed to paper, but for the uncertainty of meeting you privately. With my good wishes for your success in life, I remain yours truly
S. Morais

Identifier

p3mp4w70w

identifier

SMBx1FF18_10