[24] Jewish name for the typical Russian.
[25] Addressing them in Polish instead of Russian.
[26] "When you are a hundred and twenty years old"—the ideal age for the Jew, the age reached by Moses.
[27] Get up! Russian.
[28] Three men necessary for a certain form of grace.
[29] Pièkalik—built on to the stove.
[30] Little souls fly, little souls fly!
[31] "You also have a soul?" Polish.
[32] Because he was suspected of not keeping the dietary laws.
[33] Our little Talmud student would not be familiar with much of the Prophets' writings beyond what is contained in the prayer-book. The study of the Prophets savored rather of free-thinking.