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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Footnotes.
| [1] – | Cf. p. 141. |
| [2] – | The Greek-speaking Jewish communities of antiquity, especially Alexandria, Egypt. |
| [3] – | The word Torah has various meanings—the Pentateuch, the Bible, the Talmud, as well as the whole body of religious study and practice. |
| [4] – | In use in English Sephardi Congregations on the occasion of a lad reaching the age of thirteen—his religious majority (Bar Mitzvah). |
| [5] – | Lived about 10 B.C.E.–90 C.E. See p. 292. |
| [6] – | Lived first century; President of the Academy at Yabneh. |
| [7] – | From The Jewish Encyclopedia, ‘Judaism’ (London and New York: Funk & Wagnalls). |
| [8] – | In the first century, large numbers of non-Jews throughout the Roman world became proselytes to Judaism. |
| [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. |
| [10] – | From Sermons (London: Geo. Routledge & Sons). |
| [11] – | School, usually for religious instruction only. |
| [12] – | From Anglo-Jewish Memories (London: Geo. Routledge & Sons). |
| [13] – | From Songs of a Wanderer (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society). |
| [14] – | Cf. p. 214. |
| [15] – | Cf. pp. 137–140. |
| [16] – | Name for Synagogue liturgical poet. |
| [17] – | The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation, with the aid of previous versions and with constant consultation of Jewish Authorities. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia. |
| [18] – | From ‘The Position of Judaism’, North American Review, April, 1895. |
| [19] – | Cf. p. 143. |
| [20] – | Cf. p. 151–4. |
| [21] – | Cf. p. 157. |
| [22] – | Cf. p. 159. |
| [23] – | Only the sudden death of the deranged emperor saved the defenceless population from fearful massacre. |
| [24] – | The Jewish communities in the Rhine region were then decimated by massacre or by self-immolation in order to escape baptism. |
| [25] – | Term for ‘rabbi’ among Sephardi Jews. |
| [26] – | On the day following the expulsion, Columbus set sail for the discovery of America. |
| [27] – | Poetic name for Israel. |
| [28] – | ‘Ishmael’ and ‘Persia’ stand for Mohammedan and Christian Powers respectively. |
| [29] – | From Blind Children (London: Heinemann). |
| [30] – | One of the oldest Jewish congregations on the North American continent; founded in 1658. |
| [31] – | From History of the Jews in Poland and Russia (London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons). |
| [32] – | From The Jewish World, London. |
| [33] – | From The Promised Land (London: Heinemann). |
| [34] – | From The Promised Land (London: Heinemann). |
| [35] – | From Stories and Pictures (Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia). |
| [36] – | From Children of the Ghetto (London: Heinemann). |
| [37] – | See p. [184]. |
| [38] – | From History of the People of Israel (London: Chapman & Hall). |
| [39] – | See p. [290]. |
| [40] – | Cf. pp. 57–63. |
| [41] – | From Passages of the Bible Chosen for their Literary Beauty (London: A. & C. Black). |
| [42] – | The Works of T. H. Huxley (London: Macmillan & Co.). |
| [43] – | Cf. p. 66. |
| [44] – | Cf. pp. 67 and 68. |
| [45] – | The Book of Jonah, together with Isaiah 58, is the prophetical Lesson for the Day of Atonement. |
| [46] – | From History of the Jewish Church (London: John Murray). |
| [47] – | Cf. p. 69. |
| [48] – | See p. [290] for the exact wording of Hillel’s saying. |
| [49] – | Cf. p. 72. |
| [50] – | See p. [268]. |
| [51] – | Authorized Prayer Book, p. 317. |
| [52] – | From Daniel Deronda (London: William Blackwood & Sons). |
| [53] – | From Israel Among the Nations (London: Heinemann). |
| [54] – | From Historical Miniatures (London: George Allen & Unwin). |
| [55] – | A book in the Apocrypha. |
| [56] – | From History of Rationalism in Europe (London: Longmans, Green & Co.). |
| [57] – | From A Short History of the English People (London: Macmillan & Co.). |
| [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. |
| [59] – | Cp. pp. [97]–108. |
| [60] – | From Democracy and Liberty (London: Longmans, Green & Co.). |
| [61] – | Cp. p. 125. |
| [62] – | From The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg (London: Chatto & Windus). |
| [63] – | Authorized Prayer Book, p. 3. |
| [64] – | From Songs of a Jew (London: Geo. Routledge & Sons). |
| [65] – | Scroll of the Law. |
| [66] – | Plural of Mitzvah, a ritual precept or ceremonial law. Mitzvah also means ‘a good deed’. |
| [67] – | See p. [290]. |
| [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. |
| [69] – | From Service of the Synagogue (George Routledge & Sons). |
| [70] – | Term for ‘rabbi’ among the Chassidim or Pietists of Eastern Europe. |
| [71] – | Penitential Prayers before New Year and Atonement Day. |
| [72] – | Temporary group of worshippers; also term for the quorum of ten males required for public worship; see p. [6], last line. |
| [73] – | From Service of the Synagogue (Geo. Routledge & Sons). |
| [74] – | Reading Desk, usually in the centre of the Synagogue. |
| [75] – | From Service of the Synagogue (George Routledge & Sons). |
| [76] – | ‘Your health!’ |
| [77] – | See 2 Maccabees for the story of the martyr mother and her seven sons. |
| [78] – | Cf. p. 156. |
| [79] – | In The Jewish Encyclopedia, ‘Holiness’ (London and New York: Funk & Wagnalls). |
| [80] – | See foot-note p. [218]. |
| [81] – | Greatest of Mishna teachers; mystic, warrior, and martyr (132 C.E.). |
| [82] – | Companion of Akiba; declared the brotherhood of man to be the fundamental principle of religion. |
| [83] – | Most renowned of the Rabbis; born in Babylon about one hundred years before the Destruction of the Temple (70 C.E.). |
| [84] – | Died in the middle of the first century. |
| [85] – | Lived 135–220; ‘Patriarch’ and editor of the Mishna. |
| [86] – | Mishna teacher of the 2nd century. |
| [87] – | Mishna teacher of the 2nd century. |
Transcriber’s Note.
The cover image was provided by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Punctuation has been standardized.
This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note.
Index references have not been checked for accuracy.
| The following corrections have been made in the text: | |
| [⭘] – | ‘speakly’ replaced with ‘speaking’ (speaking sweetly as a violin.) |
| [⭘] – | ‘Wordly’ replaced with ‘Worldly’ (when Worldly Wisdom would) |
| [⭘] – | ‘Atonenent’ replaced with ‘Atonement’ (on the Atonement Day) |
| [⭘] – | ‘Ahad’ replaced with ‘Achad’ (Achad Ha’am:) |
| [⭘] – | ‘169’ replaced with ‘109’ (Bontzye Shweig, 109 ff.) |
| [⭘] – | ‘Azariah’ replaced with ‘Azaryah’ (Eleazar ben Azaryah, [19].) |