Description of Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA, MikvehIsrael.AbigailDeLyonLetter1795: Abigail De Lyon letter, 1795 contributor Carly Sewell cataloger Michelle Belden Council on Library and Information Resources Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA These images and the content of Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA MikvehIsrael.AbigailDeLyonLetter1795: Abigail De Lyon letter, 1795 are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, Congregation Mikveh Israel has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA MikvehIsrael.AbigailDeLyonLetter1795: Abigail De Lyon letter, 1795. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project ATLA Digital Library United States Philadelphia Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA MikvehIsrael.AbigailDeLyonLetter1795 https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/MikvehIsrael.AbigailDeLyonLetter1795 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. English Abigail De Lyon letter, 1795 Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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United States 18th century Torah mantles Jews Bible. Pentateuch Liturgical objects Judaism Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Manuscripts Correspondence