Letter from Leib Blumgarten to Isaac Leeser about Rabbi Wise and Goldstein

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Letter from Leib Blumgarten, Shochet of Congregation Beth El of Buffalo, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia. Blumgarten writes about a man named Wise, whom he describes as a barber posing as a physician, and Goldstein, who is working with Wise to establish a new religion. He mentions Wise's controversial views on the Halitza commandment and includes a Hebrew poem composed by a friend criticizing Wise and Goldstein. Blumgarten asks Leeser to consider publishing the poem in *The Occident*.

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