Postcard from Moshe Elchanon Miller of Cincinnati, Ohio to Rev Oberrabiner Samuel Salant in Jerusalem

1894

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Translation for Dan Randolph
Line 1. With God's help (abr.) God **** 1896 according to the Hebrew calendar count w/o the thousands (abr.) here Cincinnati. Line 2. The chairperson (abr.) of the great rabbis **** — directors of the house of the general council in Jerusalem, the holy city (abr.) **** Line 3. and the chairperson (abr.) of all our brothers who sit upon **** in the holy city Shalom (peace) eternal shalom! Line 4. Confession — I forgot to write in my letter that I sent yesterday to. you Line 5. to write about a third illustration the name (of) our teacher/our rabbi (abr.) Moshe Mordechai the son of Rabbi Ze'ev — and about a fourth illustration Line 6. our teacher/our rabbi (abr.) Benjamin (?) Hillel the son of rabbi Shlomo — and about the fifth — name, our teacher/our rabbi Line 7. Shim' on Aaron Levin — and about the sixth the name of the great rabbi **** the Rav Rabbi Line 8. Joshua Eli Hilkowitch my teacher (abr.) — and now shalom — I long (to you), who loves you and who cherishes you, and Line 9. who bows from afar in front of your glorious honor, Moshe Elchanan Miller
(P.S.) Line 10. Surely the honorable, the great rabbi **** and the teacher/rabbi Shlomo (?) (abr.) Slantomel (? unclear) will forgive me for not sending this **** **** (abr.) Line 11. since I did not dare in my soul to bother him too much with such things — and to God I will pray for Line 12. his welfare (shalom) and his success — his servant who kisses his feet from afar —Moshe Elchanan Miller.

 

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