Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. San Francisco, CA; Jul 1892
- Title
- Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. San Francisco, CA; Jul 1892
- Date Created
- 12 July 1892
- Format
- 1 page on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 6, Folder 10
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3zk5662k/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zk5662k
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx6FF10_11.xml
- content
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JACOB VOORSANGER,
RABBI OF TEMPLE EMANUEL
2316 CALIFORNIA STREET.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. July 12 1892
Rev Dr S. Morais
My dear Sir
In the fullness of my gratitude I take the liberty of sending you a message, doubtless of some interest to you. My dear boy Leon, who bears your honored name as a middle-name has been at the point of death, but God graciously willed that he should live. He had been ill from peritonitis, caused by an abscess on the peritoneum, a remarkable case in so young a person. Last Saturday week, he was operated for laparotomy, the abscess was removed, the operation eminently successful, and to-day I am assured by his physician that every possible symptom of danger has disappeared and that the lad will be in a few weeks as healthy and as strong as ever. I say devotedly [Hebrew], and in the depth of my heart I have said [Hebrew]. The lad's past justifies me in assuring you that, should God be always gracious and let him live he will do honor to your name. He was honorary no. 2 in his class in the public school, and only a month ago received the gold medal in the religious school for excellency in scholar-ship and department, the highest award.
I take this occasion to congratulate you on the thirty second anniversary of the consecration of your synagogue, and to wish you [Hebrew] the health and strength to minister therein with that rare and wonderful consistency, which brings you, and shall bring you that, which after all is the highest reward, personal contentment and the satisfaction that you may say [Hebrew]! Ever yours Jacob Voorsanger - Identifier
- p3zk5662k
- identifier
- SMBx6FF10_11
Part of Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. San Francisco, CA; Jul 1892
Voorsanger, Jacob and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. San Francisco, CA; Jul 1892”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90785