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 GLOSSAEY AND NOTES 597

P. 15. " It was seldom that parties went ' to law ' . . . . before the Rav." The Rabbi with his Dayonim gave civil as well as religious decisions.

P. 15. " Milky Sabbath." All meals without meat. In con- nection with fowl, ritual questions frequently arise.

P. 16. f "Reuben's ox gores Simeon's cow." Reuben and Simeon are fictitious plaintiff and defendant in the Talmud; similar to John Doe and Richard Roe.

P. 17. " He described a half-circle," etc. See under GEMOBEH.

P. 57. " Not every one is worthy of both tables! " Worthy of Torah and riches.

P. 117. " They salted the meat." The ritual ordinance re- quires that meat should be salted down for an hour after it has soaked in water for half an hour.

P. 150. "Puts off his shoes!" To pray in stocking-feet is a sign of mourning and a penance.

P. 190. " We have trespassed," etc. The Confession of Sins.

P. 190. " The beadle deals them out thirty-nine blows," etc. See MALKES.

P. 197. "With the consent of the All-Present," etc. The introduction to the solemn Kol Nidre" prayer.

P. 220. " He began to wear the phylacteries and the prayer- scarf," etc. They are worn first when a boy is Bar- Mitzveh (which see) ; Ezrielk was married at the age of thirteen.

P. 220. " He could not even break the wine-glass," etc. A marriage custom.

P. 220. "Waving of the sacrificial fowls." See SCAPE- FOWLS.

P. 220. " The whole company of Chassidim broke some plates." A betrothal custom.

P. 227. " Had a double right to board with their parents ' forever.' " See Kb'st.