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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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deepest unity <strong>and</strong> harmony tt. li-ia in that truest<br />

<strong>Life</strong>, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Life</strong>.<br />

. As we pass through <strong>the</strong> court <strong>of</strong> that house in<br />

Cana, <strong>and</strong> reach <strong>the</strong> covered gallery which opens<br />

on <strong>the</strong> various rooms—in this instance,<br />

particularly, on <strong>the</strong> great reception room—all is<br />

festively adorned. In <strong>the</strong> gallery <strong>the</strong> servants move<br />

about, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>re <strong>the</strong> * water-pots * are ranged, *<br />

after <strong>the</strong> manner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jews,' for purification—for<br />

<strong>the</strong> washing not only <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s before <strong>and</strong> after<br />

eating, but also <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> vessels used.** How<br />

detailed Rabbinic ordinances were in <strong>the</strong>se<br />

respects, will * oomp. i be shown in ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

connection. * Purification' was one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> i-* main<br />

points in Rabbinic sanctity. By far <strong>the</strong> largest <strong>and</strong><br />

most elaborate * <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> six books into which <strong>the</strong><br />

Mishnah is divided, is exclusively devoted to this<br />

subject (<strong>the</strong> * Seder Tohoroth,* purifications). Not<br />

to speak <strong>of</strong> references in o<strong>the</strong>r parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Talmud,<br />

we have two special tractates to instruct us about<br />

<strong>the</strong> purification <strong>of</strong> * H<strong>and</strong>s' (Yadayim) <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> *<br />

Vessels' (Kelim), <strong>The</strong> latter is <strong>the</strong> most elaborate

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