Request for a Wedding Sermon

Metadata

Request for a Wedding Sermon

Description

Letter from Abraham Rice in Baltimore to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, requesting a sermon in English for a wedding speech he is to give. The letter is written in English and includes Hebrew text. Rice explains that the bride does not understand German, and asks for a sermon emphasizing a Jewish life for the bride. He requests the sermon be sent by Friday or Saturday due to an upcoming residential change.

Subjects

Wedding sermons Jewish Life Sermons in English

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF9_18

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

People

Sender: Abraham Rice

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: June 23, 1862

Hebrew: כ״ה בְּסִיוָן תרכ״ב

Places

From: Baltimore

To: Philadelphia

Languages

Yiddish English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Abraham Rice, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Abraham Rice to Isaac Leeser;June 23, 1862.” (June 23, 1862). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff9_18 .