Letter from Dr. I. Mayer to Isaac Leeser Regarding a Periodical Subscription and Religious Reform (June 17, 1854)

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Letter from Dr. I. Mayer of Cincinnati, Ohio to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mayer requests Leeser forward a subscription to the "Occult" to a friend, and also to send previously published issues bound into a volume. He also requests Leeser forward some papers including certificates and a response to Rev. I. Rosenfeld. The letter includes commentary on Leeser's article in the June issue criticizing progressive reforms and I. Wise. It references a new weekly paper by I. Weisse, and concludes with a postscript noting that I. Wise, an opponent of the Kabbalah and Talmud, recently performed a Kabbalistic function for a deceased child. The letter is written in English with some Hebrew phrases interspersed.

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