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Letter to Judah Leib Gordon
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Kovno, Thursday, 20 Heshvan 5629 [5 November 1868] His Honor, the Great Sage and Sweet Singer of Israel, Judah Leib Gordon, greetings! My dear esteemed gentleman! While I was still in Suwalki…

Contributor:

Miriam Markel-Mosessohn

Places:

Kovno, Russian Empire (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Date:

1868

Subjects:

Writing, Language & linguistics, Translation, Women, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
A Secret Letter to London
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The evening of 5 Heshvan, 5642 [October 28, 1881] Tomorrow with the second post, a pamphlet will be sent to you with a responsum entitled Isaac’s Stream (Naḥal Yitsḥak), regarding a miserable agunah…

Contributor:

Isaac Elḥanan Spektor

Places:

Kovno, Russian Empire (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Date:

1881

Subjects:

Marriage, Antisemitism, Government, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters