Peretz Smolenskin, letter addressed to “My dear and honored friend”. [No mention of location and date].
“I have answered and will continue to answer the same thing to those who advise me to change the way of Ha-Shachar: ‘Ha-Shachar will live on in its own way or will die with honor, but will not take the shape of pious [hypocrites], and as I have already told one of the great hypocrite, Hildesheimer’s followers during my stay in Berlin… it is easier for me to enslave myself and remove dog skin for a living than change Ha-Shachar’s way… and because of that conviction twenty signatories already gave up on Ha-Shachar, and I haven’t paid any attention to any of them”.
This letter mentions several authors and intellectuals of that time.
Peretz Smolenskin (1842-1885) writer, editor and publicist, of the Enlightenment Movement and later one of the leaders of Chovevey Zion movement. Established in Vienna the national students association "Kadima". In 1868 established in Vienna the "Ha-Shachar", first Hebrew periodical, that dealt with current Jewish affairs, preached about Shivat Zion and published radical articles.
Single leaf with writing on both sides, 22 cm. Fair condition. Wrinkles, support paper glued to the edges, light tears.