Letter to the Editor of the "Occident" Regarding Confirmation and Calling Up to the Sefer

Metadata

Letter to the Editor of the "Occident" Regarding Confirmation and Calling Up to the Sefer

Description

Letter from "A Reformer" to the editor of the "Occident", questioning the relative importance of confirmation and being called up to the Sefer Torah, and whether a minister can refuse to call up a boy who has reached religious maturity but not been confirmed. The letter was written in St. Thomas on January 24, 1865.

Subjects

Jewish Confirmation Sefer Torah Religious Maturity

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF12_5

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

People

Sender: "A Reformer"

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: January 24, 1865

Hebrew: כ״ו בְּטֵבֵת תרכ״ה

Places

From: Saint Thomas

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

"A Reformer", Isaac Leeser. “Letter from "A Reformer" to Isaac Leeser;January 24, 1865.” (January 24, 1865). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff12_5 .