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 598 GLOSSARY AND NOTES

P. 271. " With the consent of the All-Present," etc. See

note under p. 197. P. 273. " Nothing was lacking for their journey from the

living to the dead." See note under p. 547.

P. 319. " Give me a teacher who can tell," etc. Reference to the story of the heathen who asked, first of Shammai, and then of Hillel, to be taught the whole of the Jewish Law while standing on one leg.

P. 326. " And those who do not smoke on Sabbath, raised their eyes to the sky." To look for the appearance of three stars, which indicate nightfall, and the end of the Sabbath.

P. 336. " Jeroboam the son of Nebat." The Rabbinical type for one who not only sins himself, but induces others to sin, too.

P. 401. " Thursday." See note under p. 516.

P. 403. " Monday," " Wednesday," " Tuesday." See note under p. 516.

P. 427. " Six months' ' board.' " See K8st.

P. 443. " I knew Hebrew grammar, and could write He- brew, too." See MASKIL.

P. 445. " A Jeroboam son of Nebat." See note under p. 336.

P. 489. " In a snow-white robe." The head of the house is clad in his shroud at the Seder on the Passover.

P. 516. " She knew that on Wednesdays Yitzchokel ate his ' day '," etc. At the houses of well-to-do families meals were furnished to poor students, each student having a specific day of the week with a given family throughout the year.

P. 547. " Why had he brought .... a white shirt-like gar- ment? " The worshippers in the synagogue on the Day of Atonement wear shrouds.

P. 552. " Am I .... I suppose I am to lie down? " See MALKES.