A Sermon contra Naphtali Herts Wessely
David Tevele
1782
Beware! This man, Wessely, is an impious man. Beware, do not draw near to him! God, the Lord of Hosts, knows that for the sake of the glory of your Holy Torah I have come this day to hew down he who tramples upon the heads of your Holy People, and to make known to You the evil machinations of this man. In my perusal of his small book I have noted…
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