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[1] – |
Cf.
p. 141. |
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[2] – |
The Greek-speaking Jewish communities of antiquity, especially Alexandria, Egypt. |
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[3] – |
The word Torah has various meanings—the Pentateuch, the Bible, the Talmud, as well as the whole body of religious study and practice. |
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[4] – |
In use in English Sephardi Congregations on the occasion of a lad reaching the age of thirteen—his religious majority (Bar Mitzvah). |
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[5] – |
Lived about 10 B.C.E.–90 C.E.
See p. 292. |
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[6] – |
Lived first century; President of the Academy at Yabneh. |
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[7] – |
From The Jewish Encyclopedia, ‘Judaism’ (London and New York: Funk & Wagnalls). |
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[8] – |
In the first century, large numbers of non-Jews throughout the Roman world became proselytes to Judaism. |
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[9] – |
In Hebrew there is only one word, Zedakah, for both Charity and Justice. Charity to the poor is thus merely justice to the poor. |
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[10] – |
From Sermons (London: Geo. Routledge & Sons). |
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[11] – |
School, usually for religious instruction only. |
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[12] – |
From Anglo-Jewish Memories (London:
Geo. Routledge
& Sons). |
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[13] – |
From Songs of a Wanderer (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society). |
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[14] – |
Cf. p. 214. |
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[15] – |
Cf.
pp. 137–140. |
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[16] – |
Name for Synagogue liturgical poet. |
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[17] – |
The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation, with the aid of previous versions and with constant consultation of Jewish Authorities. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia. |
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[18] – |
From ‘The Position of Judaism’, North American Review, April, 1895. |
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[19] – |
Cf.
p. 143. |
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[20] – |
Cf.
p. 151–4. |
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[21] – |
Cf.
p. 157. |
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[22] – |
Cf.
p. 159. |
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[23] – |
Only the sudden death of the deranged emperor saved the defenceless population from fearful massacre. |
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[24] – |
The Jewish communities in the Rhine region were then decimated by massacre or by self-immolation in order to escape baptism. |
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[25] – |
Term for ‘rabbi’ among Sephardi Jews. |
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[26] – |
On the day following the expulsion, Columbus set sail for the discovery of America. |
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[27] – |
Poetic name for Israel. |
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[28] – |
‘Ishmael’ and ‘Persia’ stand for Mohammedan and Christian Powers respectively. |
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[29] – |
From Blind Children (London: Heinemann). |
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[30] – |
One of the oldest Jewish congregations on the North American continent; founded in 1658. |
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[31] – |
From History of the Jews in Poland and Russia (London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons). |
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[32] – |
From The Jewish World, London. |
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[33] – |
From The Promised Land (London: Heinemann). |
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[34] – |
From The Promised Land (London: Heinemann). |
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[35] – |
From Stories and Pictures (Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia). |
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[36] – |
From Children of the Ghetto (London: Heinemann). |
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[37] – |
See p.
[184]. |
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[38] – |
From History of the People of Israel (London: Chapman & Hall). |
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[39] – |
See p.
[290]. |
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[40] – |
Cf.
pp.
57–63. |
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[41] – |
From Passages of the Bible Chosen for their Literary Beauty (London: A. & C. Black). |
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[42] – |
The Works of T. H. Huxley (London: Macmillan & Co.). |
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[43] – |
Cf.
p. 66. |
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[44] – |
Cf.
pp. 67 and 68. |
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[45] – |
The Book of Jonah, together with Isaiah 58, is the prophetical Lesson for the Day of Atonement. |
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[46] – |
From History of the Jewish Church (London: John Murray). |
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[47] – |
Cf.
p. 69. |
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[48] – |
See p.
[290]
for the exact wording of Hillel’s saying. |
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[49] – |
Cf.
p. 72. |
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[50] – |
See p.
[268]. |
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[51] – |
Authorized Prayer Book,
p. 317. |
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[52] – |
From Daniel Deronda (London: William Blackwood & Sons). |
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[53] – |
From Israel Among the Nations (London: Heinemann). |
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[54] – |
From Historical Miniatures (London: George Allen & Unwin). |
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[55] – |
A book in the Apocrypha. |
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[56] – |
From History of Rationalism in Europe (London: Longmans, Green & Co.). |
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[57] – |
From A Short History of the English People (London: Macmillan & Co.). |
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[58] – |
See foot-note,
p. [95]. In consequence of the American Revolution, the congregation became extinct. No Jew lived in Newport when this poem was written. |
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[59] – |
Cp.
pp.
[97]–108. |
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[60] – |
From Democracy and Liberty (London: Longmans, Green & Co.). |
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[61] – |
Cp.
p. 125. |
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[62] – |
From The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg (London: Chatto & Windus). |
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[63] – |
Authorized Prayer Book,
p. 3. |
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[64] – |
From Songs of a Jew (London:
Geo.
Routledge & Sons). |
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[65] – |
Scroll of the Law. |
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[66] – |
Plural of Mitzvah, a ritual precept or ceremonial law. Mitzvah also means ‘a good deed’. |
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[67] – |
See p.
[290]. |
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[68] – |
Johanan ben Zakkai, pupil of Hillel and leader of Israel after the Destruction of Jerusalem
(70 C.E.).
He rescued Judaism by founding the Academy at Jabneh. |
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[69] – |
From Service of the Synagogue (George Routledge & Sons). |
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[70] – |
Term for ‘rabbi’ among the Chassidim or Pietists of Eastern Europe. |
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[71] – |
Penitential Prayers before New Year and Atonement Day. |
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[72] – |
Temporary group of worshippers; also term for the quorum of ten males required for public worship; see
p. [6], last line. |
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[73] – |
From Service of the Synagogue
(Geo.
Routledge & Sons). |
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[74] – |
Reading Desk, usually in the centre of the Synagogue. |
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[75] – |
From Service of the Synagogue (George Routledge & Sons). |
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[76] – |
‘Your health!’ |
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[77] – |
See 2 Maccabees for the story of the martyr mother and her seven sons. |
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[78] – |
Cf.
p. 156. |
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[79] – |
In The Jewish Encyclopedia, ‘Holiness’ (London and New York: Funk & Wagnalls). |
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[80] – |
See foot-note p. [218]. |
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[81] – |
Greatest of Mishna teachers; mystic, warrior, and martyr
(132 C.E.). |
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[82] – |
Companion of Akiba; declared the brotherhood of man to be the fundamental principle of religion. |
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[83] – |
Most renowned of the Rabbis; born in Babylon about one hundred years before the Destruction of the Temple
(70 C.E.). |
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[84] – |
Died in the middle of the first century. |
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[85] – |
Lived 135–220;
‘Patriarch’ and editor of the Mishna. |
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[86] – |
Mishna teacher of the 2nd century. |
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[87] – |
Mishna teacher of the 2nd century. |