Trakheim Isaac. Givath Shaul [eulogy for Saul Ha’Levi, Av Beth Din of The Hague]

In a responsum included here, the author made a reference to America: “All men, be they adherents of religion or of science, have long ago come to the conclusion that God is omnipotent and can accomplish two ends by one act. Thus, it is possible for God, we can readily understand, to arrange it so that, while it is morning in the East Indian city of Surat, it would be evening in the American city of Philadelphia.” According to M. Silber, America in Hebrew Literature, p. 45, “geographical references to America [in Hebrew] are not as numerous as those of an historical character.”