Correspondence with Moses Montefiore
Oro Arieh
1866
“The Sorrows of a Woman”: A Jewish Widow Faces Eviction
To Sir Moses Montefiore, from Oro, the widow of Hayim Arieh, 1866
[Oh] one who gives light to the earth and to them that dwell thereon, who is full of good deeds, the father of orphans, the champion of widows, the poor and needy, Moses, the faithful shepherd, the doer of good deeds, the…
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