The Main Principles of the Creed and Ethics of the Jews, Exhibited in Selections from the Yad Hachazakah of Maimonides, with a Literal English Translation, Copious Illustrations from the Talmud, &c., Explanatory Notes, an Alphabetical Glossary of Such Particles and Technical Terms as Occur in the Selections, and a Collection of the Abbreviations Commonly Used in Rabbinical WritingsDeighton, 1832 - 358 pages |
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... death for three whole days , and called the year in which he died Lamentum lamentabile , as the highest honour they could confer upon his name . THE author of this Translation begs the Subscribers to accept xii LIFE OF MAIMONIDES . •
... death for three whole days , and called the year in which he died Lamentum lamentabile , as the highest honour they could confer upon his name . THE author of this Translation begs the Subscribers to accept xii LIFE OF MAIMONIDES . •
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... death מלאך המות .the virtue of justice מדת הדין whence are these words מנא הני מילי [ derived ] ? ? what is the reason מאי טעם .good deeds מעשים טובים stands for מיד מיה מה"מ מייט מ"מ vertheless . Moses , our Rabbi , peace משה רבינו ...
... death מלאך המות .the virtue of justice מדת הדין whence are these words מנא הני מילי [ derived ] ? ? what is the reason מאי טעם .good deeds מעשים טובים stands for מיד מיה מה"מ מייט מ"מ vertheless . Moses , our Rabbi , peace משה רבינו ...
Page 79
... death nor life , like the life of a living body ; neither folly nor wisdom , like the wisdom of a wise man ; neither sleep nor waking ; neither anger nor laughter ; neither joy nor sorrow ; neither silence nor speech , like the speech ...
... death nor life , like the life of a living body ; neither folly nor wisdom , like the wisdom of a wise man ; neither sleep nor waking ; neither anger nor laughter ; neither joy nor sorrow ; neither silence nor speech , like the speech ...
Page 128
... death awarded by the court of justice , and מיתת בית דין ' death by the hands of Heaven , viz . when God has reserved it to Himself to destroy the transgressor . The first was , according to the nature of the crime , inflicted in four ...
... death awarded by the court of justice , and מיתת בית דין ' death by the hands of Heaven , viz . when God has reserved it to Himself to destroy the transgressor . The first was , according to the nature of the crime , inflicted in four ...
Page 129
... death , and afterward the hands of all the people . 2dly . By Burning ; when the culprit was placed in dung up to his middle , and the two witnesses , by pulling the two ends of a towel which was put around his neck , compelled him to ...
... death , and afterward the hands of all the people . 2dly . By Burning ; when the culprit was placed in dung up to his middle , and the two witnesses , by pulling the two ends of a towel which was put around his neck , compelled him to ...
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