Papers collected by Rabbi L.G. Graf

This material is held atUniversity of Southampton Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 738 MS 116/50
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1846-1850
  • Language of Material
    • Hebrew, Yiddish, and English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folder

Scope and Content

Papers collected by Rabbi L.G.Graf including a certificate that Ephraim Cohen is a competent mohel, 19 Dec 1852; formal letters authorising Ephraim Cohen to perform marriage ceremonies, 1848- 60; correspondence, mainly in Hebrew or Yiddish, to and from Ephraim Cohen, 1850-4, including correspondence with Dr N.Adler and Dayan Aaron Levy; a marriage contract drafted and signed by Ephraim Cohen, 31 Oct 1850; four letters, in Yiddish, from Eleazar Beresh (Katz), 1846-50; a draft letter from Manasseh (Katz), the son of Eleazar, to Rabbi Aaron, n.d., with a letter from David to Manasseh, on the reverse; Hebrew draft of a conversion certificate for a Nottingham woman, 4 Jul 1849; a letter, in Hebrew, from Israel, son of [?], to Chief Rabbi M.Veilchenfeld in Rogozno, 25 Jun 1846; and a letter, in Hebrew, from Elijah Sarasohn, 18 Jun 1846

Administrative / Biographical History

Papers collected by Rabbi L.G.Graf.

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