Letter; Slatky, Isaac Moses; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1845

Title:

Letter; Slatky, Isaac Moses; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1845

Date:

1845

Description:

Halachic inquiry from Isaac Moses Slatky, reader at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, posed to R. Solomon Eger of Posen, Germany. Refers to Eger's ruling that a Kohen should not be allowed to bless the Congregation and including a description of the Baltimore Jewish community. The verso is letter by R. Samuel Fogelsdorf of Posen with scrawled signature of Yitzchak Chaim, former student of Eger; Baltimore, MD

Format:

Letter

Identifier:

2006.12.26.03428; {2B4BAB88-8621-458F-85A5-169C3E8EF215}

Language:

English; Hebrew

Subject:

Correspondence; Rabbis; Judaism -- Customs and practices; Law

Type:

Letters

Personal Name:

Slatky, Isaac Moses

Corporate Name:

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

Geographic Subject:

United States -- Maryland -- Baltimore; United States -- Maryland

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Call Number:

Arc.MS.56

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)