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Charleston,
June 14th, 1844.
Rev. Isaac Leeser.
Dear Sir:—Accompanying this you will receive a
copy of the Charleston Courier of this day’s date, containing the
proceedings of a meeting of the members of the Hasell Street Synagogue;
by inserting the same in the July number of the Occident, or, if too
late, in the number following, you will much oblige,
Yours respectfully,
I. S. Cohen.
Charleston,
June 14th, 1844.
Rev.
Isaac Leeser,
Sir,—Enclosed
is the proceedings of the congregation of K. K. B. Elohim, (Hasell
Street Synagogue,) which you will please give a place to in your ensuing
number, and much oblige many of your southern subscribers.
Yours,
very respectfully,
Many True To the Faith.
TO
THE PUBLIC.
“At
a meeting of a large portion of the Hasell Street Congregation of Kaal
Kadosh Beth Elohim, held at the Tabernacle, on the 12th instant, the
President laid before the
meeting a publication from the pen of the Rev. S. M. Isaacs, of the city
of New York, addressed to the Rev. G. Poznanski; after the reading of
which the following resolutions were submitted, and unanimously
adopted:
“Resolved,
That this meeting highly appreciates the equanimity, kind feeling and
sound judgment which have prompted our much-esteemed Pastor, the Rev. G.
Poznanski, to bear with a forgiving spirit the persecution of some of
our co-religionists, and to permit all controversial assaults upon him
to pass without reply—a course which we think is well calculated to
avert that painful excitement so much to be lamented.
“Resolved,
That we deem it due to truth and justice that the following proceedings
be published to the world, from which it will be seen that on a former
occasion and with a sole view to the restoration of harmony, the Rev. G.
Poznanski resigned his situation as Minister, and that he was afterwards
urgently solicited to resume his ministerial functions, to which
solicitation he yielded his assent only on the condition that his
services should be gratuitously rendered.
Proceedings
of July 1st, 1843.
“
‘At a meeting of the friends and congregators of the Rev. G.
Poznanski, held at the residence of the President of the Congregation of
Kaal Kadosh Beth Elohim, the following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
“
‘Whereas, many of the congregators, worshippers at the Hasell Street
Synagogue, have learned with deep regret the painful intelligence that
their beloved and estimable Minister, the Rev. G. Poznanski, has been
induced from high considerations of propriety, and the purest and best
motives, to withdraw himself from the sacred discharge of his official
duties, and while under the circumstances which have induced this step,
they cannot but approve the course he has pursued, in thus peacefully
removing himself from an angry and exciting contest, in which he is so
deeply and personally concerned, they cannot withhold an expression of
their feelings at this unhappy event.
“
‘Therefore Resolved, That in the resignation of the Rev. G
Poznanski from the office he has filled with so much credit to himself
and satisfaction to a large majority of his congregation, we have
sustained the loss of a Minister, whose piety, learning, ability and
private worth, have been unequalled by any of his predecessors.
“
‘ Resolved, That no Minister who has ever officiated for the
Israelites of Charleston, has done so much, in our opinion, to advance
the cause of true piety and devotion, to enlighten the
congregation in the pure principles of Judaism, and to render the
service of the Synagogue so acceptable to the heart and understanding.
“
‘ Resolved, That in the private character and deportment of the
Rev. G. Poznanski, all his co-worshippers, but more particularly the
youth of the Congregation, have an example to cherish worthy of their
imitation.
“
‘Resolved, That in his retirement, he carries with him the
warmest wishes of his friends, for that calmness of mind, that peace and
tranquillity, he so richly deserves.
“The
following notice appeared in the Southern Patriot of the 17th
November:
Religious
Notice!
“
‘
 The
trial of the question, involving the legal rights of certain
individuals, claiming to be members of Kaal Kadosh Beth Elohim, having
been unfortunately postponed until the ensuing March Term of the Court
of Sessions and Common Pleas, in consequence of which, the arrangement
existing between the majority and the minority of the undisputed members
of the Congregation, in reference to the use of the Synagogue is still
further to be continued; the friends of the Rev. G. Poznanski, take
pleasure in announcing, that they have succeeded in procuring his
valuable services, of which they were deprived by his recent
resignation. He has, therefore, kindly consented to officiate, and will
gratuitously perform Divine Worship at the Synagogue, in Hasell Street, This
Evening, To-morrow, and on every alternate Sabbath, until the
decision of the case now pending.
“
‘By order of the Board of Trustees of Kaal Kadosh Beth Elohim.
Columbus
Moise,
Secretary and Treasurer.’
Nov.
17, l843.
“
The above proceedings having been read and adopted. It was then, on
motion, unanimously
“
Resolved, That the members now present still cherish with
undiminished respect and affection, our pious, learned and excellent
Minister, and trust and hope that he may be long spared to fill the
station which he now occupies with such honour to himself, and in which
his sacred labours promise such a rich harvest of good works among his
followers.”
Abraham
Ottolengui, President.
Mr. Jacobs, Secretary and Treasurer.
June 12, 1844. |
