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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. Seep.292.6–Lived first century; President of the Academy at Yabneh.7–FromThe 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–FromSermons(London:Geo.Routledge & Sons).11–School, usually for religious instruction only.12–FromAnglo-Jewish Memories(London:Geo.Routledge & Sons).13–FromSongs 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–FromBlind Children(London: Heinemann).30–One of the oldest Jewish congregations on the North American continent; founded in 1658.31–FromHistory of the Jews in Poland and Russia(London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons).32–FromThe Jewish World, London.33–FromThe Promised Land(London: Heinemann).34–FromThe Promised Land(London: Heinemann).35–FromStories and Pictures(Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia).36–FromChildren of the Ghetto(London: Heinemann).37–Seep.184.38–FromHistory of the People of Israel(London: Chapman & Hall).39–Seep.290.40–Cf.pp.57–63.41–FromPassages 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–FromHistory of the Jewish Church(London: John Murray).47–Cf.p.69.48–Seep.290for the exact wording of Hillel’s saying.49–Cf.p.72.50–Seep.268.51–Authorized Prayer Book,p.317.52–FromDaniel Deronda(London: William Blackwood & Sons).53–FromIsrael Among the Nations(London: Heinemann).54–FromHistorical Miniatures(London: George Allen & Unwin).55–A book in the Apocrypha.56–FromHistory of Rationalism in Europe(London: Longmans, Green & Co.).57–FromA 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–FromDemocracy and Liberty(London: Longmans, Green & Co.).61–Cp.p.125.62–FromThe Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg(London: Chatto & Windus).63–Authorized Prayer Book,p.3.64–FromSongs of a Jew(London:Geo.Routledge & Sons).65–Scroll of the Law.66–Plural ofMitzvah, a ritual precept or ceremonial law.Mitzvahalso means ‘a good deed’.67–Seep.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–FromService 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; seep.6, last line.73–FromService of the Synagogue(Geo.Routledge & Sons).74–Reading Desk, usually in the centre of the Synagogue.75–FromService 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–InThe Jewish Encyclopedia, ‘Holiness’ (London and New York: Funk & Wagnalls).80–See foot-notep.218.81–Greatest of Mishna teachers; mystic, warrior, and martyr(132C.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(70C.E.).84–Died in the middle of the first century.85–Lived 135–220; ‘Patriarch’ and editor of the Mishna.86–Mishna teacher of the2ndcentury.87–Mishna teacher of the2ndcentury.
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, 109ff.)⭘–‘Azariah’ replaced with ‘Azaryah’(Eleazar ben Azaryah,19.)
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.