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1844.-7

4 8 Vic, c-ap.m.

(Sfc. 12. Jews may con for miiiTia^'fi in Ireland. Iract niurrlapes iiccnrdinj^' to their usages. pn>vltle<i they Klve notice to the reKlslrar and oljtain his certlllcale. Jewish re»;lstrars U) be eerlltted by the president S**c. l:j. of Jewish Iloaid of Deputies.)

An Act

H Vic. cap. ."C. An .it for the relief of persons of the Jewish religion elected to municipal oltlces. l»4«.-ilt 10 Vic, cap. .111. An Act to relieve Her Majesty's subjects from certain iienallles and dLsabllltles with re^rd to their religious opinJews are to be subject to the .same laws as liphs. (Se*-. -. Protestant dls-senlere with regard Ut their schixjls. places of relifzlous worship, education, and charitable purjKises, and the pn»perty held therewith.) ltn".-luj£ 11 Vic, lap. 5.S. An Act to remove doubts as to Quakers' and Jews' inarDeclares all rlat'es. sttlemnized before certain [leriods. marrlai^es anions Jews solemnlzetl in En^IaiKl beftn'e April I. If*;!:, or In livland before April 1. 1S4.'). according to their usages, are good in law. if both parties were IM.i.-

J*

Jews.

(

ISM.-IHJt

19 Vic, cap. 81. All Act to amend the law concerning the certifying and rettlsIerlnK of places of religious worship In England. isec 2. .synagogues may Ih' cerlllled as such to the registmr-genenil, and to he exempt fr<'m the pnivlslotis of the t'haritable TriLsts Act, IK>1, with certain exceptions.) 1855.- is ,t 111 Vic. cap. Nl. An Act lor .securing the liberty of religious worship. (Sec - provides that l» A Hi Vic, cap. .59, vide ttnpra^ is to be construed with ivference to this Act.)

1M6.-HI

Jc

M Vic, cap.

lilt.

An Afi

to amend the provisions of the marriage and registration Acts. (Se* ™1. Marriages of Jews may be s«ileuini/.ed by license. Se<'. 22. Twenty members of the West London synagogues of British Jews, or of any synagogue In coiiniM-iion therewith, nuiy certify a secretary to the regisirar-genemi. as a registrar of marriages.) IKW.-il A 22 Vic, cap. 4!». An Alt to pi-ovlde for the relief of Her Majesty's subjects professing the Jewish religion. (Sec 1 eniiKiwers either Mouse of Parliament to modify the form of oath, so as to enable a Jew to sit and vote. Ity Si'C i, Jews are predudeil from holding certain olllces. By Sec 4. the right of presenting to any ei-ciesiasticai beneflce possessed by Jews is to devolve on the ,rchblshop of Canterbury.) l»ti(i.-2:t ,t 24 Vic. cap. to. An Act to amend the Act of the twenty-Orst and tvientysei'ond years of Victoria, chapter forty-nine, to pnivide for the relief of Her .Majesty's subJei'Ls professing the Jewish religion. (Kepealeil by 2y ,V :WI Vic, cap. Ill, which removi'd the words "on the true faith of a Christian " from the oath.i 1870.- :t2 ,t Si Vic Workshop Act penults Jews to work on

Sunday. l»71.-:£Kv;iJ Vic, cap. IKS. An Act for conllrmlng a scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the Jewish I'nlteil Synagogues. 1872.- :r> A :Hi vie, cap. ;c;. The Ballot Act. (Schedule I., sec. 2il. If a Parliamentary elei^tion takes placv on Saturday, the iiresldliig olllcer may mark a Jewish elector's ballotpajH-r fur him.) 1878.-11 ,V 12 Vic, cap. Ki. An Act to coiisolldub* and amend the law ridatlng to factories and Workshops. (Sec. pnivldes means by which Jewish mantifactuivrs closing on their Sabbath may employ young pi'rsons and women In such a way as to "make Sis', .'il. up the lost time. Jewish eliiployei>s in factories or workshoiis are |H'niiltted to be employed on Sunday, subject to certain ri-slrlctlons.) .'ill

j

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slntiilis alTcttiiij^ tlic.Ttwsiii !•

s

> i(ii

otUiT couutries

on rcspwlive countries.]

ADAFINA. See .N[. ADAH.— Biblical Data: «iM

II.

iv.

r.),

Jill.

'I'lir

Ono of liiimpdi's two immc is nientiuucil in

verses 'i'.i iiiiil "24. 'I'lie imiiics of Ijiiiircirs wives liavp bppii variously ('X|iliiiiii'(l "Oniiimciil " mill "Sliiiilnw " arc the iiii-aiiJTiirs tiiiisl often driven. Imt Hi'iltiliiT siii;j;csls "Mi^tniiil" anil " I'rnlrclir.ss." Kwalil iinil others "" Aiiroia " (ir IJtrlit "l ami " Simile" lliat is, " Day" anil "Niglit " w liiiice (Jolilziiierainl I.rimriimnt liinl a liasis fur a inytliiriil uriuin (riini|inri' Dillniaiin. "(Jrnesis." anil Linipriimnl, " < )riiriiirs. " i. lKi,t kh/.). Clicyiii! rcfrarils Hie iiaiiu'S as rpitlirls of old cliieflainisses. In Hie |i(ieni frnni wliirli llio names arc taken Liiiiurli sl;inils fur llic lypioil warrinr. wlmse power to aviiiijc liinisi-lf is rninplclc. ".iliirii lie |iiieii> ill

—



nieiil

Adam

have been poetically conceivetl as his wives, Xaaniah (noyj), or "Pleasure," as the daughter of Zilhili (ver. 2l). The possibility of a personal easily

.111(1

origin of the names, as however, lie denied.

Cheyne conceives

" anil

"Simile"

—

tliat


 * s.

"Protection"

—

coiilil

can not,

it,

G. A. B.

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In Rabbinical Literature The ilidnish inname of (Uie of the wives of Lamech. as the "deposed one" (Animaie Kiy and the name of the other, Zillah, as signifying that "slie sliaded herself" (Hebrew ^Vl at the side of her

terprets Adah, the

).

hiishaiid. It slates in explanation that the immoral generation before the Deluge was in the habit of marrying two wives: one for the perpetuation of the race, the other for indulgence in sensual pleasure In Ijimech's case the former was Adah, who was the slave tyrannized over by her liusband the latter was Zillah, the mistress who commanded him (Gen. R. ..iii. 2). L. G.

ADAH

AVife



of Esau

(Gen.

xxxvi.

'2-16).

by modern writers to be added by the final redactiir (H) of the Pentateuch. Adah is said (verse •J) to be the daughter of Elon the Hit tile. The priestly Iliiiiiglit

narrator (P) (Gen. xxvi. ;i4) Iias.Iudith. thedaughtt'r of Hecri the llittile. as the corresponding wife. Diilmaun is no doubt right in the opiniim that the redactor had before him another .souice in which the names of Esjiu's wives dillered from those given in the source employed by the priestly writer, and that his modification (Gen. xx.xvi.) is due to this. The

Keuites and Ednmites were contiguous clans, and Adah and that of the Iveuile Eamech may have

this

a common origin (compare llalevy, " Recherches Bibliques," in "Rev. fit. Juives," ix. 219). G. A. B.

ADAIAH (" The Lord has Adorned ")



1.

A man

of Hiisiatii, father of .Tedidah, the mother of King .Iiisialidl Kings, xxii, 1). 2. Two members of the Hani familv who had taken foniirn wives (Ezni. x. 3'. The snn of .loiarib of the tribe of .ludah. •,>il. :i!l). residing in Jerusalem (Xeh. xi. 5). 4. Levite of the family of Gershon (I C'hron. vi. 2C). In the chronological list in I Chron, xi, he is called Iddo. 5. Son of .leroham. a priest holding office in .leru salem (I Chron. ix. I'J; Xeh. xi. 12), 6. Son of Sliimei. mentioned in the genealogical list of Benjamin (1 ('hrim, viii, 21). 7. Father of Maaselah. who helped .Telioiada in the religious reformation,

A

dethroning Alhaliali, and in crowning .loash (II Chron, xxiii, 1, wlure the Hebrew has "Adaiahu"). G. B. L. in

ADALBERG, SAMUEL:

Poli.sh author: born Varsaw in istls. He published " Lilier Proverbiorum Polonicorum cum Adagiis ac Tritioribus Dirtis ad instar Pioverbioruni I'sitalis, " Warsjiw. 1889-94, This work, containing forty thousand

at

proverbs, is the largest collection of its kinil, Adalhcrg, besides, made valuable conlrHiutions to Polish and til .lewish proverb literature (" Wisla." iv. 18911; the latter was issued as a book of 98.5 Jiages). Kiici/Uo|i(.lj, li, Warsaw, IIWI.

(ijiici/c/i IlililjiiUlif.

H. R.

ADAM,— Biblical

Data



The Hebrew and

Bib-

name

fur man. and alsn fur the ]iriigciiitor of the human race. In the accnunt of the Creation given in Gen. i. man was brought into iHJng at the lical

"made in the image and invested with dominion over the rest iif the animate world. Man was thus created, male and female, charged to replenish the earth with his ow n kind and to suliduc it tn his own uses. In Geu.

close of the sixth creative day.

of (lod.

"