This two-page letter constitutes a halachic inquiry from Isaac Moses Slatky, reader at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, to R. Solomon Eger of Posen, Germany. The inquiry references Eger's ruling prohibiting Kohanim from leading congregational blessings on holidays or receiving the first aliyah. The letter also includes a description of the Baltimore community, its synagogue, and its kosher mikva. The verso contains a letter from R. Samuel Fogelsdorf of Posen concerning the halachic inquiry and personal matters. It bears the scrawled signature of Yitzchak Chaim, who claims to have been a former student of Eger. Dated January 1, 1845.
Subject: Baltimore (Md.)--Religious life
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Letter from the Kaal Kodosh Nierdha Israel of Baltimore Regarding Community Affairs and a Request for Donations, July 24, 1837Copy of a letter dated July 24, 1837, from a committee of the Kaal Kodosh Nierdha Israel congregation in Baltimore, Maryland. The letter addresses the community's affairs and solicits donations. The letter's geographic context is Baltimore, MD.