Abraham Rice to Isaac Leeser, March 1852

Metadata

Abraham Rice to Isaac Leeser, March 1852

Description

Letter from Abraham Rice in Baltimore, MD to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA, dated March 1852. Rice explains his refusal to grant a "Get" (Jewish writ of divorce), citing his longstanding policy and the availability of other scholars in New York. He also requests the "Jeshurun" volumes 59-61 from Leeser and notes his lack of recent copies of the "Occident". The letter is written in English with Hebrew annotations.

Subjects

Jewish divorce (Get) Rabbinic practice American Jewish Life

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF9_7

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

People

Sender: Abraham Rice

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian:

Hebrew: Unknown

Places

From: Baltimore

To: Philadelphia

Languages

English Hebrew

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Abraham Rice, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Abraham Rice to Isaac Leeser;March 1852.” (). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff9_7 .