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ABRAHAM to BLASPHEMY
Abraham, sorcery attributed to him, 21; legend of, 23, 24; his ten trials, 232; his disciples, 235.
Abtalyon, his maxims, 219.
Abtinas, the family of, 242, 255; in ignominy, 124.
Agrippa, King, in the procession with the first-fruits, 56; reading the Scriptures at the Feast of Tabernacles, 82.
Akabia, son of Mahalallel, 224.
Akiba, R., on abrogating the Sabbath, 106, 107; his wise sayings, 226.
Alexander Jannæus, his contempt for the Pharisees, 145.
Altar, cleansing the, 121; measurements, 250; ascent to, 261.
—of Incense, the, 350; its three names, 350.
—of burnt-offerings, 350; dimensions, 351; the painted line for sprinkling blood, 351; its three names, 352.
Amulets and charms, 20.
Antigonus of Soco, 218.
Areka, Abba, Talmud revised by, 2.
Ark, the, 342; dimensions, 342; the whole and broken tables, 343; how made by Bezaleel, 344; the staves, 344.
Ashes, the, taken from the altar, 243, 244; of the red heifer, 304; of purification, 309-317.
Astrology and Astronomy in the Talmud, 19.
Atonement, the Day of, 119; preparations of the High Priest, 119; cleansing the altar, 121; casting lots, 121; the daily offering, 121; dress of the High Priest, 124, 125; the vail, 127; the Holy of Holies, 127; the Foundation stone, 127; sprinkling the blood, 128; cleansing the golden altar, 128; the goats, 129; sending the goat into the wilderness, 131; burning the bullock and the goat, 132; reading, 132; ceremonial, 133; rules and exceptions, 133; repentance and atonement, 135.
Azazel, scape-goat, or devil, 125, 129.
Babylon, the Patriarchate of, upheld by the Jews in the East, 11.
Baking, 213.
Balaam, disciples of, 235.
Baldness, 287.
Bar Mitzvah, or Son of Commandment, 359.
Barley, wave sheaf of, 302.
Bath Kol, legend of the, 16. Beheading, 191.
Ben Asai, his wisdom, 228.
Beth Yangzek, a court in Jerusalem where the witnesses were examined, 152.
Bethcerem, valley of, stones from the, 261.
Bethuniki, a village of idolaters, 207.
Bilgah course, the, degraded by Miriam's conduct in the Temple, 148.
Birds, tame, offerings for leprosy, 296, 297.
Blasphemy, 191.
BLEMISHES to ELEAZAR.
Blemishes in the red heifer, 302, 303. Blessings, on, in the Mishna Treatise, 49; recitations of the Shemah, 49-52; exemptions, 53; prayers, 54, 55; fruit, 56; rules at meals, 56-59; controversies in the schools of Shammai and Hillel, 59, 60; reverence for the Temple, 61.
—order of, 156.
Bobbins, leprosy in, 289.
Boils in leprosy, 271, 283, 284.
Bones, breaking the, in a clean Passover, 110.
Books, the six, of the Mishna, 2-9.
Booths, 136, see Tabernacles.
Buildings, uncleanness in leprosy, 290; stones, wood, mortar, 291; inspection of the house, 291, 292; ten indications of leprosy in, 293; plaster, 293; defilement, 294, 295.
Burglary, 195.
Burning in leprosy, 271, 283, 284.
CALENDAR of the months, and chief Jewish Feasts, and Fasts in each year, 364, 365.
Candlestick, the, in the Tabernacle, 347; tongs, snuff-dishes, 347, 348; its making by Bezaleel, 348-350.
Canticles, the, rendering the hands unclean, 328.
Captain, the, of the Temple, 243, 245.
— —of the Mountain, of the House, 255; his duty at night, 255.
Casuistry in the Talmud, 18.
Cattle, leading forth, on the Sabbath, 88, 89.
—small, sold to idolaters, 205.
Chalaphta, R., on study in the Law, 225.
Chanina, R., on the Passover, 96; on study in the Law, 224.
—son of Dose, on wisdom, 226.
Cherem, the, 13.
Cheese from Bethuniki, 207.
Citrons, 141.
Cocks, white, sold to idolaters, 205.
Controversies between the schools of Shammai and Hillel, 59, 60.
Corn, new, or the sheaf of the first-fruits, 156.
Cornets for the New Year, 154; when sounded, 155.
Courses, the, of Priests, 147; said to be arranged by David, 148.
Court, the, of the Tabernacle, its dimensions, 340-342.
Courts, hollow, in Jerusalem, 303, 304.
Covering of rams’ skins for the Tabernacle, 338.
Cow drinking of the water of purification, 316.
Creation of the world with ten expressions, 231.
Cremona, Jewish library at, plundered, and 12,000 copies of the Talmud burnt, 14.
Cripples, rules for, 91.
Curtains in the Tabernacle, 336-338.
Decorations for idols, 205, 206.
Defence, the (for the poor), 81.
Defilements, 172.
Delegates, the, for fasting, 162, 165.
Devastators, the, 11.
Dictators, the, 10.
Disputes, 235.
Dosthai, R., on study in the Law, 225.
Dough-offering, the, 99.
Dress of the High Priest on the Day of Atonement, 123.
Dunging, 66.
Ecclesiastes, rendering the hands unclean, 328.
Elder, the rebellious, 201, 202.
Eleazar, Rabbi, on abrogating the Sabbath, 106, 107.
—Hakapher, R., on resurrection and judgment, 231.
—Hamodai, R., on profaning holy offerings, 226.
ELEAZAR to HEAVE-OFFERINGS
Eleazar, son of Azariah, his wisdom, 227; on payment of tithes by Ammon and Moab, 330; his weeping, 331. Eschalots, 71.
Exemptions from reciting the Shemah, 52, 53.
Fast-days of the Pharisees, 159. Fasting, 158; proclamations for 159; ceremonial of, 160; prayers, 160, 161; blowing of trumpets, 161; the weekly watch, 161; first three Fasts, 161; the "Roll of Fasting," 162; sign of famine, 163; partial rain, 163; pestilence, 163; rains, 164, 165; lifting up the hands, 165; the delegates, 165; bringing wood for the altar, 166; mortifications and rejoicings, 167.
Fathers, the, 218; the Oral Law, 218; its transmission, 218; names of the "Receivers," 218-220; maxims, 218220; study in the Law, 222, 223, 225; reward of the righteous, 223; the divine Presence, 224; wisdom, 227; honour, 229; doctrine, 229; creation, 231; the number "ten," 231, 232; punishments brought on the world by sin, 233; four sorts of men, 233, 234; virtues, 235; study of the Mishna, 236; observance of the Law, 237; the crown of glory, 239; the five possessions, 240; the glory of God, 241.
Feast-offering, the, 169; incompetent persons, 169; amount of offering, 169; remission of vows, 170; diverse opinions about laying on hands, 171; baptism, 172; defilements, treading on garments, 172; baptizing vessels, 173, 174; degrees of uncleanness, 173; rules for the heave-offering, 173; vessels of the Sanctuary, 174, 175.
Feasts, idolatrous, 204.
Festivals, order of the, 4, 5.
Figs, dried, of the heave-offerings, 319.
Fire-place, touching a, 317, 318.
Fire signals for the new moon, 151.
First-fruits brought to Jerusalem, 56, 57.
Foot-bath, the, 329.
Foundation Stone, the, 127.
Gamaliel, Rabban, on reciting the Shemah, 49, 52; on three things in the Passover, 117; his tablet of the figure and phases of the moon, 152; interview with R. Joshua, 153; questioned by Proclus about bathing in the bath of Venus, 209; the Ammonite proselyte, 331.
Gamblers, 150.
Gardening, 64.
Garments, leprosy in, 287-290.
Garmu, the family of, in ignominy, 124.
Gates to the Mountain of the House, 256.
Gemara, the, 10.
Goats for the Day of Atonement, 131; the he-goat in the wilderness, 131.
Gourds, 65.
Hadrian's mixture, 207.
Hair, the white, in leprosy, 273, 284, 285; black, 273.
Hananiah, accused of heresy, 12, 13.
Hands, 324; pouring water on, 324326; vessels, 324, 325; clean or unclean, 326-328; degrees of uncleanness, 327; the straps of phylacteries, 328; book of the Law, 328; the Canticles and Ecclesiastes, 328; foot-baths, 329; tithes, 329-331; passages in Ezra and Daniel, 331; the Sadducees and Pharisees, 332, 333.
Hanging, 189.
Hanina, R., on prayers for the sick, 55.
Hashim II., Caliph of Cordova, orders the Talmud to be translated into Arabic, 14.
Heating and cooking, 86, 87. Heave-offerings, rules for, 173.
HEAVEN to LAMB
Heaven and Hell, their comparative size, 30.
Heifer, the, 300; her age, 300; ages of other offerings, 301; whence taken, 302; blemishes, 303; separation of the priest before burning, 303; sprinkling, 303; lads drawing water, 304; ashes of red, 304; bridge to the Mount of Olives, 304; procession of heifer and her attendants, 304; place of preparation, 305; position of the priest and heifer, 305; burning, 306; sprinkling the blood, 306; gathering the ashes, 307; vessels, 308; ashes and waters of purification, 309-319; proverbs, 313; reptiles, 315; holy things, 319; hyssop, 320-323; doctrine of intention, 321.
Herbs, bitter, for the Passover, 98.
Hezekiah, his six things, 102, 103.
High Priest, the, preparations for the
Day of Atonement, 119; his purifications, 123; dress, 123; confession, 124, 125; slaughters the bullock, 126; enters the Holy of Holies, 127; sprinkles the blood, 128; cleanses the golden altar, 128; sends the goat into the wilderness, 130; burns the bullock and he-goat, 131; reading, 132; his vestments, 133; duties and privileges, 178, 179; offering incense, 253.
Hillel, his school, 15, 16; poverty and learning, 15; his maxims, 219, see Shammai.
Hogrus, the son of Levi, in ignominy, 124.
Holy of Holies, the, entrance of the High Priest, 127.
Holy One, the, ideas of, in the Talmud, 34, 35.
Honé Hammeagal's prayer for rain, 164.
Houses, idolatrous, 210.
Hyssop, 320; for sprinkling, 320-323.
Idolatry, 191, 204; dealings with idolaters, 204; their feasts 204; decorations 205; things forbidden, 205-208; things allowed, 208, 209; images, 209; idols and fragments of idols, 209; hills and groves, 210-212; a house joined to an idol, 210; trees, 212; the image of Mercury, 212, 213; Pagan argument for, 213; treading the wine-press, 213; baking, 213; wages, 214; wine of libation, 214-217; culinary utensils, 217.
Idols, desecration of, 212; disregarded in time of peace, 213.
Images, idolatrous, 209.
Intention, when slaughtering the Passover, 107; the doctrine of, 321.
Ishmael, R., on the payment of tithes by Amnion and Moab, 329.
Jehovah, true pronunciation of, 135.
Jericho, the men of, their six things, 102.
Jerusalem, its privileges above Jamnia, 155.
Jochania, gate of, 259.
Joshua, R., on the Talmud, 15; dispute with Satan, 28; interview with Elijah, 36; on abrogating the Sabbath, 106, 107; on the Divine Voice, 237.
José R., anecdote of, 239.
Judah the Holy, R., on the Passover, 95, 96; on heave-offerings, 334; on the curtain for the Tabernacle, 338:
Judges for various offences, 176.
Judgment, the Last, story of, 31.
Judgments in money and souls, their difference, 183-185; in legal uncleanness, 184.
Kabbalists, the, 17,
Kalends, the, 204.
Kamzar, the son of, in ignominy, 124.
King, the, his privileges, 179, 180.
Lamb, the, for the daily sacrifice, 246; its position, 247; distribution of its members preparatory to being burnt, 248, 249.
Laver, the, 352; dimensions, 352, 353; the oxen, 353.
Law, the book of the, roll of, rendering the hands unclean, 328.
Laying on of hands, 171; various opinions, 171.
Leaven, searching for, 95; when burnt, 96; when eaten, 97; clearing it off, 100.
Legends in the Talmud, 21-24. Lending, 80-82
Leper, the, in the synagogue, 295; how cleansed, 296; two tame birds, 296, 297; the cedar, 297; his three sacrifices, 297; applying the blood, 298; his offering, 298.
Leprosy, 267; indications of, 267-269; inspection, 270; uncleanness, 271; boil and burning, 271, 283, 284; stalls, 272, 284-286; garments, 272, 287-290; houses, 272; white hairs, 273, 274; quickflesh, 273, 274; black hair, 273; white spots, 273-283; pronouncing, 274, 275; inclosing, 275; cleanness and uncleanness, 276; yellow hair, 284-286; shaving, 286; the beard, 286; baldness, 287; warp, woof, bobbins, 289; buildings, 290293; cleansing, 296; the birds, 296, 297; the cedar, 297; sacrifices, 297; bathing, 297; applying the blood, 297; offering, 298.
Letters, numerical value of, 17.
Letting buildings to idolaters, 206.
Levites, guarding the Sanctuary, 255; guarding the tabernacle, 354; encampment, 355; of the Shechinah, 355; standards, 355; the pillar of cloud, 355-357; blowing the trumpet, 355; the march, 355, 356; signs for encamping, 356; the Shechinah, 357, Libations, idolatrous, 214-217.
Lighting lamps, 85.
Logic, Rabbinic, thirteen rules, 40-44.
Lots, casting, for cleansing the altar in the Sanctuary, 121; for removing the ashes, 243; for slaughtering and sprinkling, 245.
Magic, 21.
Maimonides, on the Talmud, 15; the red heifer and scape-goat, 131; the Treatise on Tabernacles, 136; the requisites for a dwelling-house, 362.
Malkosh, the, or latter rain, 80.
Manna, stories of the, 26.
Marshes, waters of, disallowed for purification, 314.
Measurements, 255; gates, 256, 258; the House Moked, 256; keys, 257; manner of entering, 257; walls, 259; gate of Jochania, 259; gate Nicanor, 259; the altar, 260; place for slaughter, 261; the porch, 262; the Sanctuary, 262; size, 264; length of court, 265; chambers, 265, 266.
Mechilta, the, or traditions, 11.
Mehestanites, the, 16.
Meier, R., on study in the Law, 236.
Mercury, the image of, 212.
Messiah, the, traditions of, 35-38.
Mezuza, or sign on the door-post, 362.
Mishna, the, compiled by R. Judah, 2; revised by Abba Areka, 2; its six books, 2-9; order of Seeds, 2, 3; of the Festivals, 4, 5; on Women, 5, 6; on Damages, 6, 7; on Holy things, 7, 8; on Purifications, 8, 9.
Mishna, the, its Treatises:—on Blessings, 49-61; the Sabbatical year, 62-82; the Sabbath, 83-94; the Passover, 95-118; the Day of Atonement, 119-135; Tabernacles, 136- 148; the New Year, 149-157; Fasting, 158-168; the Feast-offering, 169-175; the Sanhedrin, 176-203 Idolatry, 204-217; the Fathers, 218-241; the Daily Sacrifice, 242-254; measurements, 255-266; Leprosy, 267-299; the Heifer, 300-323; Hands, 324-333; the Tabernacle, 334-358.
Misraimites, the, 17.
Modiim, or Modin, 113.
Modiyith, 174.
Moked, the House, 242; chambers and doors, 255, 256.
Molech, 192.
MONEY to PRIEST
Money, 77.
Money matters, judgments in, 180.
Monobazus, king of Adiabene, 124.
Moon, the, legend of, in the Talmud, 150.
Moon, the New, 150; witnesses, 150-154; fire signals, 151; Rabban Gamaliel's tablet of the phases, 152; seen by the Sanhedrin, 153; receiving evidence of, 156.
Moses, legend of, 25; and the fiery serpent, 155; received the Oral Law and delivered it to Joshua, 218.
Mountain of the House, the, 255; captain of, 255; gates, 256-258; locking the gates, 257, 259; measurements, 257; walls, steps, 258; court of the women, 258; chambers, 258, 259; the altar, 260; place for slaughter, 261; the laver, 261; doorway of the porch, 262; the Sanctuary, 262-265; the court, 265.
Myrtle boughs allowed at the Feast of Tabernacles, 140.
NATAI, R., his maxim, 219.
Nebuzaradan, legend of, 27.
Nechunya, R., on the yoke of the Law, 225.
New Year, the, 149; four new years, 149; judgments at four periods, 149; the new moon, 150; witnesses examined in the court, Beth Yangzek, 152; cornets and trumpets, 154; privileges of Jerusalem over Jamnia, 155; order of blessings, 156; reading, 157; order for sounding the trumpet, 157.
Nicknames, waters with, disallowed for purification, 314.
Offering, the daily, 103; the Feast, 107; ages of, 301.
Og, the king of Bashan, legend of, 23.
Olives, Mount of, causeway to, from the Mountain of the House, 304; procession of the priest, the heifer and attendants, 304.
Opinionists, the, 10.
Oral Law, the, 218.
Pagan argument for idolatry, 213.
Palm-branches, 140; shaking, 142; threshing with, 144; to commemorate the Sanctuary, 156.
Panias, cave of, 315.
Paschal Feast, the, schism about the calculation, 12.
Passover, the, Treatise on, 95; searching for leaven, 95; when eaten, 97; bitter herbs, 98; dough, 99; selling and working, 101; trades allowed, 102; slaughtering the daily offering, 103, 104; feast-offering, 107; intention, 107; roasting, 108; legal uncleanness, 109; the golden plate, 109; various contingencies, 111-116; first and second, 113; eves of the Passovers, 116; praise and thanksgiving, 117; after midnight, 118.
Patriarchs, the, of Babylon, their viceregal power and court, 11, 12.
—of Tiberias, 11; rivalry with Babylon, 12.
Pentecost, 171.
Pestilence, order of fasting, 163.
Pharisees, the, different shades of character attributed to them, 16; their sects, 17; blamed by the Sadducees, 332.
Pigeon-breeders, 150.
Pipes, musical, at the Feast of Tabernacles, 145.
Pillar of Cloud, the, 355-357.
Plate, the golden, of the High Priest, 109.
Precepts, binding, on the sons of Noah, 32, 33.
Priest High, the, 119, see High Priests.
PRIESTS to SANHEDRIN
Priests, their duties in the Temple, 242-252.
Pronouncing on leprosy, 274, 275.
Property, public, three countries in the Sabbatical year, 79.
Pumpkin bottle for purification, 308.
Punishments, seven kinds for seven important sins, 233.
Purifications, on, 8, 9; ashes and waters of, 309, things allowed and disallowed, 309-320.
Quarries in the Sabbatical year, 67.
Quartesima, the, 204.
Quickflesh in leprosy, 273, 274.
Rabbi Judah the Holy, compiles the Mishna, 2.
Rain, fasting for, 158, 159; partial, 163; Honé Hammeagal's prayer for, 164.
Receivers, the forty, 1.
Reed, hollow, for the ashes of the red heifer, 308.
Removals on the Sabbath, 83.
Reptiles, 315.
Resurrection, doctrine of the, 31.
Reuchlin demands toleration for the Talmud, 14.
Rice, 65.
Rings, golden, in the Tabernacle, 335.
Roasting the Passover, 108.
Rose, the Sabbatical, 76.
Sabbath, the, treatise on, 83; removals, 83; work to be avoided, 83-85; lighting lamps, 85, 86; heating, 86-88; leading forth cattle, 88, 89; dress, 89-91; principal and secondary work, 91, 92; rules for, 91, 92; smaller matters, 93, 94.
Sabbatical year, the, treatise on, 62; ploughing, 62, 63; gardening, 64; herbs, gourds, 65; dunging, 66; stones, quarries, terraces, 67, 68; sowing, 68; cutting down trees, 69; olives, 70; figs, 70; eschalots, 71; selling and lending, 71, 72; cultivation, 72, 73; buying and selling, 74-76; money, 77; public property, 79; borrowing and lending, 80-82.
Sacrifice, the daily, 242; guarding the Temple at night, 242; casting lots for removing the ashes from the altar, 243; opening the Temple, 243; kindling the wood, 244; lots for slaughtering and sprinkling, 245, 246; examining the daily sacrifice, 246; slaughter-house, 246; sounds heard at Jericho, 246, 247; removing the snuff from the candlestick, 247; position of the lamb, 247; pouring out its blood, 248; cutting up its members, 248, 249; order of carrying them to the altar, 249; blessings, 250; incense, 250, 252; sound of the shovel, 251; cleansing the altar, 251; the High Priest on the altar, 253; chanting and psalm singing, 254.
Sacrifices, private and public, 171.
Sadducees, the, 16; blaming the Pharisees, 332.
Sagan, the, or Suffragan, 253.
Salt, strewn on the ascent to the altar, 261.
Sanctuary, the, measurements, 262, 264; doors, 262; chambers, 263; gallery, 263.
Sandals, 313.
Sanhedrin, the, 176; judges required for various offences, 176, 177; tribunal of 71 members, 177; the Great, 177; the Small, 178; the High Priest's duties and privileges, 178, 179; the king's privileges, 179, 180; judgments, 180; witnesses examined, 181-183, 185-187; verdicts, 183; judgments in money and souls, 183185; intimidating witnesses, 184; stoning, 187-189; hanging, 189; burning, 190; beheading, 191; strangling, 191, 201-203; blasphemy, idolatry, 191; giving his seed to Molech, 192; profaning the Sabbath, 192; enticing, 193; sorcery, 193; stubborn and rebellious sons, 194,
SAPLINGS to TALMUD
[paragraph continues] 195; burglary, 196; murder, 196198; theft, 198; those who have no portion in the world to come, 198201; various offences, 201-203; the rebellious Elder, 201.
Satan and evil spirits, 28.
Saturnalia, the, 204.
Scalls in leprosy, 272, 285; shaving for, 286.
Scape-goat, the, 131.
Schools of Shammai and Hillel, their controversies relating to meals, 59, 60; olive trees, 69; selling a heifer, 72; decisions about work, 84; on the Passover, 112; on booths, 139.
Scribes, the, 218.
Scriptures, reading the, 157.
Seas, the, allowed for purification, 314.
Services, the Temple, 266.
Seventy-one, the tribunal of, 177.
Shammai, school of, 15, see Schools.
Shas, the Babylon Talmud called so by the Jews, 10.
Shaving the Scall, 286.
Sheba, Queen of, tests the knowledge of Solomon, 26.
Shemah, the, recitations of, 49-52; exemptions, 52, 53.
Shemaiah, his maxims, 219.
Shewbread, the table of, 346; dimensions, 346.
Shovel, the, its sound, 247, 251.
Simon, R., study in the Law, 224; the three crowns, 229.
Simon, R., son of Nathaniel, his merits, 222, 223.
Simon the Just, 218.
Simon, Rabban, son of Gamaliel, sends his legates to Ahia, 12; on holidays in Israel, 167; bringing witnesses, 182, 183; his maxims, 220.
Slaughtering the Passover, 103, 104.
Sockets of silver in the Tabernacle, 335.
Sons, punishments for stubborn and rebellious, 194.
Spots, white, in leprosy, 273-283.
Sprinkling the blood on the Day of Atonement, 128, 129; of the red heifer, 305; with hyssop, 320-323.
Standards of the Levites, 355.
Staves, the, of the ark, 344, 345.
Stone of Proclamation, 164.
Stone house, removal of the priest to the, 303.
Stones, removing 64, 67; for idols, 210.
Tabernacle, the, 334; dimensions, 335; sockets, boards, rings, 335, 336; pipes of gold, 336; curtains, 336-338; threads, taches, loops, 337, 338; coverings, 338; the vail, 339; the Holy of Holies, 339; cunning work, 339; the court, 340; dimensions, 340-342; the ark, 342-345; staves, 344, 345; the table, 346; shewbread, 346; candlestick, 347-350; altar of incense, 350; altar of burnt-offerings, 350; line for the sprinkling of blood, 351; the laver, 352-354; guards, 354-357; notes on, 373, 374.
Tabernacles, on, 136; size and covering of, 136, 137; eating and drinking, 139; palm-branches, 140-144; citrons, 141; reading and blessing, 142; willows, 143, 144; thrashing the branches, 144; hymns and rejoicings,, 144; joy of the water-drawing, 145; lighting and dancing, 146; singing and music, 146; blowing trumpets, 147; offerings and courses, 147, 148.
Talith, the, 359.
Talmud, the Babylon, 2; called the Shas by the Jews, 10; its commencement and completion, 10; period of its compilation, 11; adopted by all orthodox Jews, 14; periodically banned and burnt, 14; its fascinating influence, 14; rules of interpretation, 15; legendary parts, 15;
TALMUD to ZOMA
(Talmud, cont.) casuistry, 18; astronomy, astrology, 19; amulets and charms, 20; magic and sorcery, 21; legends, 21-24; the Law, 24-27; evil spirits and Satan, 28; heaven and hell, 30, 31; resurrection and last judgment, 31; contradicts Holy Scripture, 32; estimate of Gentiles, 32; precepts binding on the sons of Noah, 32; stories of Rabbis, 33; proverbs, 33, 34; ideas of God, 34, 35; the Messiah, 35-38; Christianity, 39; Rabbinic logic, 40-44.
Talmud, the, of Jerusalem, 2, 35.
Targum, the, of Jonathan, on the manna, 26.
Tarphon, R., on the Talmud, 17; reward of the righteous, 223; on the payment of tithes by Ammon and Moab, 330.
Tax-gatherers, the, 174.
Temple, the, reverence for, 61; guarded at night, 242; services, 266; notes on the plan of, 367-373.
Ten, the, expressions for the creation of the world, 231; generations from Adam to Noah, 231; from Noah to Abraham, 231; trials of Abraham, 232; miracles in Egypt, 232; at the Red Sea, 232; plagues, 232; temptations in the wilderness, 232; miracles in the holy temple, 232; things created on the eve of the Sabbath, 232. Terraces, 67.
Tiberias, the Patriarchate of, upheld by the Jews in the west, 11.
Tithes, 329; discussion about Ammon and Moab in the Sabbatical year, 329331.
Titus, legend of, 27.
Tosephtoth, the, or appendices, 10.
Trees, desecrated by idolaters, 212.
Trumpets, order of blowing, 157, 161.
Uncleanness, degrees of, 173, 303, 313, 314, 320, 323, 327.
Usurers, 150.
Utensils, culinary, 217.
Urim and Thummim, 133.
Vail, the, of the Tabernacle, 339, 340.
Vessels of the Sanctuary, baptism of, 175; earthen, for the ashes of the red heifer, 307; washing, 307.
Virtues, 235.
Vows, remission of, 170.
Warp and woof, the, leprosy in, 279.
Watch, priests of the weekly, 161, 162.
Water for washing hands, 324-326.
Water-drawing, joy of the, 145.
Waters of purification, 309-319; some disallowed, 314.
Well of Ahab, 315.
Willows, at the feast of Tabernacles, 143.
Wine of idolatrous libation, 214-217.
Wine-press, treading the, 213.
Witnesses for the new moon, 150; which disallowed, 150; fire signals, 151; at Beth Yangzek, 152; how examined, 152, 153, 181-183; illegal, 181; intimidated, 184; when examined, 185, 186.
Wolves, 164.
Working on the Passover, 100-102.
Works, principal and secondary, 92, 93.
World to come, the, those who have no portion in, 198-201.
Zadok, R., on study in the Law, 228.
Zoma, the son of, his words of wisdom, 228.