Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. San Francisco, CA; Jun 1892
- Title
- Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. San Francisco, CA; Jun 1892
- Date Created
- 26 June 1892
- Format
- 2 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 6, Folder 9
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3q23rk6z/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3q23rk6z
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx6FF9_15.xml
- content
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JACOB VOORSANGER,
RABBI OF TEMPLE EMANUEL
2316 CALIFORNIA STREET.
SAN FRANCSICO, CAL. June 26th, 1892
Rev. S. Morais,
My Dear Sir:-
Your esteemed favor of May 8th was received in due course of mail, but various circumstances among others, a recurrence of my old bilious troubles, have prevented an sooner earlier reply. Mr. Israel Shapero has confirmed every word of praise you have been pleased to bestow on him. I found him not alone well versed in Talmudical literature but to my astonishment, I found him an adept in a class of literature to which I have paid much attention of late years, to wit, the literature of the text critics. On this subject I would like to exchange some views with you with reference to your rather harsh statements in your lecture before the Seminary, but I am still too depressed from the ef-fects of my indisposition to engage in any exchange of ideas.
Mr. Shapero has had a rather unfortunate career in this city. He has been assisted time and again, but the money went rapidly through the sieve of his necessities and he finally left, and is now I believe in Tacoma. I think some day you will see him again. The trouble with him is that he is absolutely incapable of doing mental manual labor. He is energetic enough but he has failed in everything he undertook and having no "Beth Hammedrash" in this city where he could pass his days in his favorite studies he began to realize that San Francisco was not the proper place for him. I have found some difficulty in persuading the hard-hearted San Francisco merchants that Mr. Shapero was an object of
sympathy and that gentleman has antagonized quite a number of them by the manner with which he acknowledged the little he received. Take it all in all, I have a sincere liking for Mr. Shapero but am unable to support him in luxurious idleness such as I realize would be pleasing to his soul, for despite his energy I conceive that to him like to most of the Polish scholars, labor is odious. I therefore thought it best to facilitate his departure from this city.
I trust all is well with you and saving the severe indisposition mentioned, I can report the same from me and mine. Very truly yours, Jacob Voorsanger Esq
(Dictated) - Identifier
- p3q23rk6z
- identifier
- SMBx6FF9_15
Part of Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. San Francisco, CA; Jun 1892
Voorsanger, Jacob and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. San Francisco, CA; Jun 1892”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90787