Abigail De Lyon letter, 1795
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Letter to Benjamin Nones, parnas (president) of Mikveh Israel, from Abigail De Lyon, dated October 2, 1795. This letter accompanied the gift of "a mantle, cover & pharsha for the Seapher," presented by Mr. David M Phillips.
A pharsha/parsha/parashah is a division of the Torah, and the Seapher/Sefer Torah is a handwritten copy of the Pentateuch, used in ritual readings.
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Eshcaboth Rosh Hodesh, 1785
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The "monthly memorials of men," a list of the names of deceased men for whom memorial prayers were to be said every Rosh Hodesh, which is the start of the new month in the Jewish calendar.
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