[20] The phrase עיון תפלה is also used in the sense of “devotion during prayer.” [↑]
[21] I.e., the name or God consisting of four letters (י, ה, ו and ה). The correct pronunciation of the word not being known, adonai, “Lord,” is substituted for it. [↑]
[22] The “second day” (Neh. viii. 13), as a day of devotion and meditation on the Word of God, is probably the Day of Atonement. [↑]
[23] It is here assumed that the Torah was not intended to be written in a chronological order, and that this commandment was given after the Blessing of Moses was written. [↑]
[24] Maimonides accepts for this verse the Midrashic explanation: nothing of the Torah has remained in heaven for later revelations. [↑]
[26] He is probably called Elijah on account of the zeal which he will display in bringing men back to the service of God. [↑]
[27] Mishnah Eduyoth viii. 7. [↑]