Two Letters to Isaac Leeser: A Personal Letter and a Job Offer

Metadata

Two Letters to Isaac Leeser: A Personal Letter and a Job Offer

Description

This letter is written in Yiddish and contains two sections. The first section is a personal letter from Selig, son of Jacob, to his cousin Isaac, expressing his well wishes and briefly describing his current situation. The second section is a formal letter from Z. Phillips, enclosing a resolution from the Congregation Mickve Israel, offering Isaac Leeser the position of Hazan for five years at a salary of one thousand dollars. A copy of the resolution is included, along with a note from Id. Gratz, the secretary, further explaining the details of the engagement. The letter includes two different dates; one written in the Gregorian calendar and the other in the Hebrew calendar.

Subjects

Congregation Mickve Israel Hazan position Jewish community in Philadelphia

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF2_8

Collection: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

People

Sender: son of Jacob Selig

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: September 13, 1830

Hebrew: כ״ה בֶּאֱלוּל תק״צ

Places

From: Dülmen

To: Philadelphia

Language

Yiddish

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Selig, son of Jacob, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from son of Jacob Selig to Isaac Leeser;September 13, 1830.” (September 13, 1830). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff2_8 .