Letter from Unknown Author to Morais, Sabato. Philadelhpia, PA; Jun 1885
- Title
- Letter from Unknown Author to Morais, Sabato. Philadelhpia, PA; Jun 1885
- Author
- Morais, Sabato
- Date Created
- 15 June 1885
- Format
- 2 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 3, Folder 11
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p32v2cw3n/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32v2cw3n
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx3FF11_19.xml
- content
-
E. Eppstein,
RABBI
Adath Jeshurun Congregation
No. 980 North Fifth Street,
Philadelphia, June 15[,] 1885
Rev. S. Morais;
Dear Sir, Friend & Colleague;
I have on Friday last received as Jewess a young Lady, which married to a Jew, is about to become a mother of a jewish child. I state this fact to you alone, because I wish that not even the shadow of a misunderstanding should mar our spiritual relationship. I would have presented the case to the Board if the Dr Jastrow would have been here. But as it stands now I had personal reasons to refrain from doing so.--To you I have already mentioned the case in question.-- These were two considerations that guided me in my action:
1: The Lady is married to a member of my Cong. and her fatherin-law is also a member. I was positively told, that should said Lady not be received and the young man move to his father-in law, he would soon be estranged to his folks and his people. To that end both father & son would sever their conection with any Congr.
2: The legaly married wife is about soon to become a mother. She herself wishes that child to be raised in the jewish faith. The parents have seen me personaly and given their full consent—I possess that in-strument in writing-- that their daughter may follow in the ways of her husband. The young woman, born here, is a well educated lady who diligently studied what I gave her to read.
Even under these considerations would not have induced me to act alone in the matter, I had already stated to Mr. [?] that I will place the matter before the B.of M. as soon as Dr. J. would return and urge her acceptance before the coming holy days; but then during
the last week the parties feared a primative [?] and this placed me in a predicament which I could not overcome but in one way.
To safe the peace in that family and also not to lose the members of my Congr. I allowed her to go to the Ritual Bath [Hebrew] and there is the presence of reliable witnesses, after solemnly promising to become a true daughter & mother of Israel, I received her a Jewess and gave her the name of [Hebrew], and issued a Certificate, stating the circumstances under my own name.
As said in the beginning I communicate these facts to You, in order to be judged accordingly, should the matter come to your knowledge by others.
Yours very truly
[?] - Identifier
- p32v2cw3n
- identifier
- SMBx3FF11_19
Part of Letter from Unknown Author to Morais, Sabato. Philadelhpia, PA; Jun 1885
Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Unknown Author to Morais, Sabato. Philadelhpia, PA; Jun 1885”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90498