Letter from Schneor Nussbaum to Isaac Leeser Offering a Torah for Sale, May 1849

Metadata

Letter from Schneor Nussbaum to Isaac Leeser Offering a Torah for Sale, May 1849

Description

Letter from Schneor Nussbaum to Isaac Leeser offering to sell him a Torah for $85. Nussbaum mentions receiving Leeser's letter and the Torah earlier that morning. He explains that he has another Torah for sale and is offering this one at a reduced price. The letter is written in Yiddish and Hebrew, and contains a reference to Genesis 29:19. The letter includes a wax seal and is fragile.

Subjects

Torah sales Jewish Religious Objects Commerce

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF6_32

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

People

Sender: Schneor Nussbaum

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian:

Hebrew: Unknown

Places

To: Philadelphia

Languages

Yiddish English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Nussbaum, Schneor, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Schneor Nussbaum to Isaac Leeser;May 1849.” (). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff6_32 .