A Book of Jewish Thoughts

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INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Ab, Fast of; Hymn for, [220] ff. Abraham, [23], [52]; and Toleration, [306]. Achad Ha’am, [79]. Acorn, Parable of, [303]. Addir Hu, [210]. ADON OLAM, [190], [193] ff., [338]. Adversity, meeting, [297]. Ahasuerus, [264]. Akabya ben Mahalalel, [292], [300]. Akdomus, [213]. AKIBA, RABBI, [135], [290], [291], [307]. Alexander the Great, [304–5]. Am-Haaretz, [99]. AMERICA, The Jew in, [44–5], [95–6], [176]. Ammon, [128]. Anger, [8], [9]. Animals, kindness to. See [Cattle]. Antiochus Epiphanes, [124], [257]. ANTI-SEMITISM, [37–9], [178–82]; [30], [107], [131], [157], [165], [169], [175], [185], [326]; ‘Higher anti-Semitism’, [37], [60]; See [Persecution], Suffering, [Pogrom]. Antoninus, Emperor, [313]. Apion, [77]. Apostasy, [5], [15]. Aristotle, [193]. Asceticism, [250]. ASSIMILATION, [119–20]. Assyrians, [223]. Athens, [42], [134], [172]. ATONEMENT, Day of, [160], [226], [235] ff. Auto-da-fé, [157], [162], [167], [170]. Babylon, [125], [186]. Barcelona, Massacre at, [167]. BARMITZVAH, [18]. Baroka, Rabbi, [302]. Belief, and Duty, [22]. See [Faith]. Ben Azzai, [290]. Ben Sira, [325]. Bernard of Clairvaux, [81]. BIBLE, [57–63], [137–40]; in England, [42], [171]; Book of the Ages, [59], [75], [137]; Epic of the world, [57], [59], [138], [213]; in Education, [139]; and Democracy, [140], [143], [159]; and Israel, [5], [57–60], [131], [132], [140], [157], [185], [308], [336]; the interpretation of, [63], [327]; and Literature, [137], [138], [154], [336]; Reverence for, [140]. Versions: English, [61], [62], [171]; Greek, [60], [61]; Jewish, [60–3]. BLOOD LIBEL, [100], [181]. Body and soul, [20]; parable of, [313]. Bones, Valley of Dry, [121]. Bontzye Shweig, [109] ff. Book of Life and Death, [226]. Books, Jews’ Love of their, [162]. Britain, [42], [43], [91], [96], [125]. BROTHERHOOD, [244]. See [Responsibility]. BROWNING, Robert, quoted [79]. Burden, Sharing the, [25]. Burgos, massacre at, [167]. Caligula, Jews refuse divine honours to, [77]. Cattle, [144], [304], [335]. CEREMONIAL, [23], [216]. See [Symbols], [Custom]. CHANUKAH, [259], [263]. CHARITY, [31–3]; [7], [27], [286], [288], [306]. Chazan, [161]. Cheder, [37]. CHILDREN, [70]; merit of, [198]; torn from parents in Portugal, [168]; love for, [281]. Chillul Hashem, [322]. Christianity and the Jews, [166] ff. Christians, early, [181]. CITIZEN, Jew as, [173], [183]. See [Patriotism]. CITIZENSHIP, British, [96]. Civilization, Jews as Pioneers of, [135], [172], [174]. ‘Cleanliness next to godliness’, [282]. Columbus, [86]. Commentaries, of a nation, [157]. CONDUCT, Rules of, [7–9], [19–21], [292]. ‘Confession’ by Gabirol, [238]. Consciousness, Jewish, [119]. Conversion of Jews, [107], [168], [178]. See [Proselyte]. Cordova, massacre at, [167]. ‘Corpses, Last in the desert’, [123]. Counsel, good. See [Conduct], Jewish. Courage of the Jew, [5], [106]. Courtesy, [8], [9]. Cradle song, [12]. CREED, Jewish, [22], [23]. See [Belief], [Faith]. Crescent and Cross, [166]. Crucifixion, [170]. CRUSADES, [163]. First Crusade, [80]; Second Crusade, [81]. CULTURE, What is? [16]. Custom in Religion, [217]. See [Ceremonial]. Cyrillus, [174]. Cyrus, [125], [126]. Dante, [341]. David, [147]. DEATH, [240–2] and [298–301]; [160], [285] ff., [309] ff., [344]. See [Kaddish]. Dedication. See [Chanucah]. Deeds, the Best Commendation, [292], [303]. Deluge of Fire, Legend of, [46]. DEMOCRACY and Bible, [140], [143]. Deronda, Daniel, [161], [173]. Destiny. See [Free-will]. Dietary Laws, [212]. Dogmas, Judaism and, [24], [25]. East End of London, Jew of, [177]. Ecclesiastes, [155]. Eden, Gates of, [326]. Edom, [128]. EDUCATION, Religious, [13], [324]. See also [Bible], [Law], [Torah]. Egypt, [135], [186]; and Israel, [143]; drowning Egyptians, [210]. Eleazar ben Azaryah, [19]. Elizabeth, Queen, [171]. EMANCIPATION OF JEW, [35–6], [92–3]; Macaulay on, [172]. Enemy, Love of, [8]. ENGLAND, [41–3]; [94], [96]; [125], [130]; Elizabethan, [16], [171]; resettlement of Jews in, [91]; and Zionism, [125]. ESTHER, [156], [264] ff. Eternity, Jew the emblem of, [136]; Time and, [301]. ETHICS, Jewish, [5], [7–9], [32], [293–5]. Evening Prayer. See [Prayer]. Evil inclination, [5], [22]. Exile, [37]. Exodus, the. See [Passover]; from Spain. See [Spain]. Ezra, [125]. FAITH, [219]; [3], [342]. Family. See [Home]. ‘Famous Men, Let us now praise’, [28]. FATHERS, Merit of, [198]. Fight for religion, [5], [262]. Fire, Deluge of, [46]. Fishes, Akiba’s Parable of, [307]. Forgiveness, [39], [234], [237], [249]. Folk-song, Russian-Jewish, [323]. FREEDOM, [143], [144]; [42], [340]. Feast of. See [Passover]. FREE-WILL, [276]; [226], [235–6], [290]. Gabiha, [286]. Gates of Eden, legend of, [326]. GHETTO, [10], [157], [174]; in London, [177]; in New York, [341]. ‘Glory, Hymn of’, [268]. GOD, [193–7]; and man, [70], [228], [283], [290]; Kingship of, [120], [228–9]; love of, [25], [243]; the fear of, [5], [6], [13], [20], [234], [287]; trust in, [50]; servant of, [266–7]; work of, [274]. Godliness, [282]. Good and evil, [274]. Good inclination, [5], [243]. Gratitude, [289]. GREECE, [133]; [16], [186]. Greeks and Jews, [64], [68]. Gulf Stream, comparison to, [44]. Hadrian, [179], [223]. Haham of York, [84]. Halevi, Heine on, [342]. Haman, [264]. Hanina ben Dosa, [19], [292]. Hannah and her seven Sons, [256]. HARVEST FESTIVAL, [252]. Health, preservation of, [20]. ‘Hebrew, I am an’, [4]. HEBREW LANGUAGE, [13–16], [141], [324]; in public worship, [14]; key to Israel’s treasures, [15], [119]; a holy language, [16]. Hellenism, [4]. See [Greece], [Greeks]. Hellenistic Judaism, [15]. HEREDITY, Obligations of, [30]. HERITAGE, Israel’s, [27]. Hero, the true, [288]. Herzl, [334]. HILLEL, [290–1]; [158], [218]. HISTORY, JEWISH, [73] ff.; importance of Jewish, [75], [128]. HOLINESS, [282]; [134], [201]. HOME, Jewish, [10] ff., [177], [202], [339], [341]. Homer, [137]. Honour, [30], [292]. HUMANITY, a united, [48], [49]; and Israel, [68], [131]; and Prophets, [67], [68], [151], [328]; protection of, aim of Jewish Law, [144], [335]. See [Messianic Hope]. Humility, [284]; [192], [248], [281], [287], [293]. Ibsen, [98]. Idolatry, [8], [23], [291]. Immorality, cardinal sin of, [291]; purity of life, thought, and action, [282]. IMMORTALITY, [300], [301], [316]; [286], [344]; shared by righteous of all faiths, [26]; of Israel. See [Israel]. INQUISITION, [167]. Intermarriage, [322]. Ishmael Rabbi, [253]. ISRAEL, antiquity of, [174]; brotherhood of, [196], [244–5]; and Greece, [64], [133–4]; heart of mankind, [74]; and humanity, [3], [16], [67], [68], [128], [131], [135]; immortality of, [52] ff., [120–1], [128], [136], [185–6], [340]; loyalty of, [308]; martyrdom of, [5], [39], [54–5], [76], [82], [97], [106], [168]; mission of, [3], [4], [23], [24], [48], [65], [120], [128], [131–2], [135], [207] ff.; and the nations, [133], [134], [186]; people of revelation, [64], [132]; preservation of, [3], [4], [11], [22], [28], [119], [120], [340]; St. Jerome on preservation of, [185]; and Rome, [77] ff., [133–4]; and the Sabbath, [203]; and the Torah, [64], [307]; and Woman, [10], [11]; witnesses of God, [3]. ISRAELITE, responsibility of each, [6], [30], [35], [244], [322]. Ivan the Terrible, [178]. JACOB, RABBI, [316]. Jeremiah and Jewish patriotism, [90]. JERUSALEM, [134], [185], [223]; the ‘Old People’s Rest’ at, [34]. JEW, What is a? [135]; [21]; and Bible, [56–64]; the misunderstood of history, [65], [326]; and Greek, [66]; heroism of, [66], [78], [79]; and scholarship, [99]; and non-Jew, [9], [25], [26]; as citizen, [176]; of East London, [177]; duty of every, [3], [4], [35]. See [Israel], [History], [Patriotism], [Learning], &c. Jewels, story of, [305]. Jewish question, [93]. Job, Book of, [155]. Johanan ben Zakkai, [218], [287]. JONAH, Book of, [152] ff. Jordan, The Watch on the, [177]. JOY, Religious aspect of, [250], [252] ff., [302]. Judah the Prince, [292], [313]. JUDAISM, [21], [23], [24], [65]; a life, [21], [92]; its obligations, [21]; original truth of, [25], [197]; and daughter religions, [79]; and the times, [218–9]; and original sin, [197]; and peace, [48–9]; connected with Jewish nation, [24]; a positive religion, [23]; revival of, [119]; consciousness of, [259–61]. See [Israel, Mission]; dogmas of, see [Dogma]. Judea, New, [128]. Justice, sacredness of, [32], [93], [133], [134], [328]; faith and, [342]. KADDISH, [160], [199] ff. Kiddush Hashem, [282], [322]. Kieff, Blood Libel in, [181]. Koran, [137]. Lamdan, [99]. Language, Hebrew. See [Hebrew]. LAW, JEWISH, and humanity, [69], [144], [335]; study of, [5], [293]; and Israel’s immortality, [128]. See [Torah]. Law of Nations, [46]. Lazarus, Emma, Lucien Wolf on, [334]. LEARNING, Israel and, [162], [169], [177]. See [Torah.] Lecha Dodi, [203]. LEGENDS, Talmudic, [302] ff. Liberty, and the Jew, [135], [209], [285]. LIFE, Paths of, [7] ff.; the right, [273]; the dedicated, [289]; consists of deeds, not years, [303], [344]; life and death, [310], [344]. Light in darkness, [298]. Light, Sabbath, [201], [339]; kindling the, [202]. Lisbon, Auto-da-fé, [170]. LITERATURE, Jewish, [61], [71], [336]; classic, and the prophets, [68]. LITURGY, superiority of Jewish, [160]; George Eliot on Jewish, [161]; and prayers for the Dying, [160]; poetry and, [140]. See [Prayer]. Litvack, [230]. London, the Jew of East, [177]. LOVE, of God, [20], [25], [212]; to our neighbour, [39]. Loyalty to faith and country, [40–1]. See [Patriotism]. Lulav, [251]. Maccabaeus, Judas, [223]. MACCABEES, [124], [218], [257] ff., [262]. Mahomet, [57]. MAN, What is? [314]; half angel, half brute, [275]; and God, [290], [318], [319]; and Nature, [328]; his descent and destiny, [197], [300]; his three friends, [311]; his work for future, [303]; Jewish great men, [74]. Manasseh ben Israel, [73]. Manners, good. See [Conduct]. Marriage, [8], [11], [322]. Martinez, Hernando, [167]. MARTYRDOM, Jewish, [76], [82], [168]. Mattathias, [257]. Mediation between man and God. See [God]. Meekness. See [Humility]. Meir, Rabbi, [308–9]. MENORAH, [259] ff. Merciful God. See [God]. Merit of the Children, [198]. MERIT OF THE FATHERS, [198]. MESSIANIC HOPE, [23], [48], [49]. Methodius, [174]. Middle Ages, Jew of. See [Jew]. Mishnah. See [Talmud]. Mission of Israel. See [Israel], [Messianic Hope], [Zionism]. Missionaries, Christian in China, [181]. Mitzvah, [216]. See [Ceremonial]. Moab, [128]. Modin, [257]. Money, [306], [311]. Monobaz, King, [306]. MONOTHEISM, [28], [196], [197]. Moors of Spain, [166] ff. Moral Foundations, [151]. Mordecai, [264] ff. MOSES, [35], [120], [143] ff., [146], [289]; and Israel, [64–6]; and Art, [66]. Mother, The Jewish. See [Woman]. Murder, [291]. Myrtles, Palms and, [251]. Nation, Jewish. See [Zionism]. National consciousness. See [Consciousness], Jewish. Nationalism, and the Torah, [127]. NATIONS, Israel and the, [130] ff., [186]. Nature and Man, [328]. Nazarenes, [159]. Neighbour, love of, [291]. Nemirov, Rabbi of, [230], [342]. New Moon, [205]. Newport, Hebrew Congregation and George Washington, [95]; Hebrew cemetery at, [175]. NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, [226] ff. Nicholas, Czar, [107–8]. Nineveh, repentance of the men of, [152]. NOBLESSE OBLIGE, [30]. NON-JEWS AND FUTURE LIFE, [26]. Norwegian and Yiddish, [98]. Original Sin, [197]. Original Virtue, [198]. Orscha, massacre at, [330]. PAIN, the Mystery of, [296]; a discipline, [296], [297], [344]. PALESTINE, as a Jewish National Home, [184]; the British Declaration on, [125] ff.; restoration to, [120]. Palm-Branch, [251]. Pantheism, [23]. Pappus and Rabbi Akiba, [307]. Parables and legends, Talmudic, [302] ff. Parents, duties towards, [19]. PASSOVER, [163], [207] ff.; in Old Russia, [100]; and liberty, [285], [340]; the Seder, [206–7]. Paths of Life, [7] ff. PATRIOTISM, [35], [40–1], [183]. See [Citizen], Jew as. Peace and Judaism, [48–9]. People of the Book, [57]. Peloponnesian War, [42]. PENTECOST, [211] ff. Pericles, [42]. PERSECUTION, [97], [166–70], [178–80], [285], [340]. See [Pogrom], Israel. Persians, [186]. Peter the Hermit, [164]. PHARISEES, [159]. Philo on Prayer, [189]. Pleasure, worldly, [312]. See [Asceticism], [Joy]. Pluralism, [23]. Poets, Poetry, [147]; folk-song, [323]. POGROM in Russia, [100–5], [330]. See [Persecution]. Polytheism, [4]. POOR, [33], [140], [288]; Jewish, [33], [177]. Popes, repudiate Blood Libel, [181]. Portugal and the Jews, [90], [166] ff. Posterity, duty to, [303]. Praise of God’s works, [189]. PRAYER, [160], [161], [189] ff.; Philo on, [189]; and Tears, [285]. See [Liturgy]. Preservation of Israel. See [Israel]. Pride, [281], [285]. PROPHETS, the Hebrew, [67–8], [151], [328]. Proselytes, [26], [27], [136]. See [Conversion]. Providence, [3]. PSALMS, The, [147] ff. PURIM, [264–5]. Quakers, [181]. RABBIS, Work of the, [69–72]. Rashi, [327]. Rebecca (Ivanhoe), [141]. Redeemer, God as, [39], [193]. REJOICING OF THE LAW, [254] ff. RELIGION, [13], [282]; and morality, [215]; and Education, [13], [324]; custom in, [217]; fight for, [262]; and science, [195]; and Zionism, [127–8]. REPENTANCE, [5], [22], [226], [243], [278], [288]. Resignation, [308–9], [315]. RESPONSIBILITY, Jewish, [6], [30], [35], [244], [322]. Resurrection, [286]. See [Immortality]. Revelation and Israel, [64], [132], [336]. Revival, Israel’s, [122]. See [Israel]. Richard I, and the Jews, [83]. RIGHTEOUSNESS, [67] ff., [134], [328]. Romanoffs, Under the, [106]. ROME AND ISRAEL, [4], [77] ff., [133–4], [186], [223]. Rousseau, [173]. RUSSIA, Jew of, [97], [99], [100], [101] ff., [178–80], [323], [330] ff.; Olive Schreiner on the, [177]. SABBATH, [12], [27], [144], [201] ff., [339]. Sage, Jewish, [34]. Saintliness. See [Holiness]. Salvation, secured by conduct, [25]. SCHOLARSHIP, Jewish, [162]; [16], [17], [99]. Science and Judaism, [195]. Scripture, interpretations, [63]. See [Bible]. Scroll of the Law, [214]. SEDER, the, [206], [163]. Self-denial. See [Dietary Laws]. Selfishness, [158], [290]. Self-reliance, [158], [290]. SELF-RESPECT, Jewish, [36]. Selichoth, [230]. Sepher Torah, [214]. Servant of God, [266], [285]. Service of God, joyous, [253]; the morning, [190–1]. Service of Synagogue. See [Liturgy], [Synagogue], [Prayer]. Shakespeare, [90]. Shame, [287]. Shammai, [253]. SHEMA, [24], [196]. Ships, Parable of the two, [310]. Shofar, [227]. SHYLOCK, [90]. Sick, visiting the, [7]. SIMCHAS TORAH, [254] ff. SIN, [235], [282]; Original Sin, [197]. Sincerity, [295]. Slaughtering, Ritual, of Animals, [178]. SLAVERY, Spiritual, [36], [79], [123]. Social Justice, [133], [134]. SOLDIER, THE JEWISH, [41]. Song of the Three Children quoted, [165]. Soul, [20], [197], [240]; Soul and body, [313]. South Africa and the Russian Jew, [177]. SPAIN, Expulsion from, [86–8], [166–9]. Speech, [20]. Spiritualism, the real, [198]. STUDENT, the Jewish, [17], [162]. Superstition, [10]. Symbols. See [Ceremonies]. Sympathy, [32]. SYNAGOGUE, the, [14], [161] ff. See [Prayer], [Liturgy]. TABERNACLES, [250] ff. TALMUD, [69] ff.; sayings from, [285] ff.; parables and legends, [6], [302] ff.; study of, [17], [34]; burning of the, [156], [162]. See [Index of Sources]. Tarphon, Rabbi, [318]. Temple, [172], [185], [218], [291]. TEN COMMANDMENTS, [215]. Tephillin, [216], [341]. TIME AND ETERNITY, [301]. Times, Judaism and the, [218]. Toledo, massacre at, [167]. TOLERANCE, [25] ff., [136], [160], [306]; Jew, emblem of, [136], [306]. TORAH, meaning of, [17]; student of, [17]; and Israel, [127], [128], [307]. See [Law], [Bible]. TORAH, SEPHER, [214]. Torquemada, [166]; a new, [179]. Tragedy of Assimilation, [119]. Transcendentalism of God, [193]. TREASURES, earthly, [304]; heavenly, [306]. Trust in God, [50], [204], [239]. TRUTH, [8], [20], [272], [284]. UKRAINE, multi-massacres in, [331]. Uprightness, [20]. UNITY OF GOD. See [God], [Shema]. UNIVERSALISM, Jewish, [25], [26], [69], [158], [210], [306]. Valentia, massacre at, [167]. Versions of the Bible. See [Bible]. Vedas, [137]. ‘Veteran of History’, [30]. Virtue, Original, [198]. Voltaire, [173]. WAR, the Great, [46], [47]. War Graves Commission, [325]. Warrior, Jew as, [41]. WASHINGTON, George, and the Jews, [95–6]. WATCH ON THE JORDAN, [117]. WEEKS, FEAST OF. See [Pentecost]. White Garments on Day of Atonement, [236]. WICKED, thoughts of, [277]; repentance of, [278]. Widow, duty to, [8]. Wife. See [Woman]. WILL, freedom of, [276], [328]. WISDOM, [19], [158], [270], [281], [284]; true, [317]; the wise and foolish, [280–1]. Witness, Israel as. See [Israel]. WOMAN, Jewish, [8], [10–12]. Words, ill, [8], [9]; multiplying, [20]. Work, [20], [318]. Works, good, [311]. Worship, Public. See [Liturgy], [Synagogue]. Yahrzeit, [199]. YIDDISH, [98]; Cradle song, [12]; folk-song, [323]; literature, [333]. Yogi, Jewish, [34]. YOM KIPPUR. See [Atonement], Day of. YORK, Jews of, [83–5]. Youth, its opportunities, [5]; its obligations, [18–21]. Zechut Abot. See [Original Virtue]. ZEDAKAH, [31], [32]. See [Justice], [Charity]. Zerubbabel, [124]. ZION, Halevi’s Ode to, [220]. ZIONISM, [117–28], [183], [184], [334]; and religion, [127–8]. Zohar, [34]. Zunz, [35].

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