Good Advice to Truth-Lovers: A Letter from Joseph Levi

Metadata

Good Advice to Truth-Lovers: A Letter from Joseph Levi

Description

Four-page letter written in English and Hebrew from Joseph Levi in Cleveland, Ohio, to an unknown recipient in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 10, 1856. The letter includes a poem, "Good Advice to Truth-Lovers," which satirizes Rabbi David Einhorn. Levi also discusses his plans to write an essay on modern Judaism's relationship to the Talmud. The letter mentions the journal *Sinai*.

Subjects

Satire David Einhorn Modern Judaism

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF3_9

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

People

Sender: Joseph Levi

Recipient: —

Dates

Gregorian: March 10, 1856

Hebrew: ג׳ בַּאֲדָר ב׳ תרט״ז

Places

From: Cleveland

To: Philadelphia

Languages

English German Hebrew

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Levi, Joseph. “Letter from Joseph Levi;March 10, 1856.” (March 10, 1856). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff3_9 .