Tobias Cohn, 1652-1759, From the Frontispiece of his Ma'aseh Tobiah
BY
JACOB S. RAISIN, PH.D., D.D.
Author of "Sect, Creed and Custom in Judaism," etc.
PHILADELPHIA
THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA
1913
TO AARON S. RAISIN
Your name, dear father, will not be found in the following pages, for, like "the waters of the Siloam that run softly," you ever preferred to pursue your useful course in unassuming silence. Yet, as it is your life, devoted entirely to meditating, learning, and teaching, that inspired me in my effort, I dedicate this book to you; and I am happy to know that I thus not only dedicate it to one of the noblest of Maskilim, but at the same time offer you some slight token of the esteem and affection felt for you by
Your Son,