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

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presumably refers to those o£Sciating in <strong>the</strong><br />

Temple.^ It is a curious statement, that priests from<br />

certain cities in Galilee were not allowed to speak<br />

<strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> blessing, because <strong>the</strong>ir pronunciation<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> gutturals was misleading.^ According to <strong>the</strong><br />

Jerusalem Talmud,® moral blemishes, ^Hegui.»4ft<br />

or even sin, did not disqualify a priest from<br />

pronouncing <strong>the</strong> benedic- V Tp l?hi tion, since it<br />

was really God, <strong>and</strong> not man. Who gave <strong>the</strong><br />

blessing.' TS>t, On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, strict sobriety<br />

was insisted on on such occasions, pl'a/o ^^^^<br />

Later Judaism used <strong>the</strong> priestly benediction as a<br />

means for counteracting <strong>the</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> evU dreams.<br />

<strong>The</strong> public prayers closed with an Amen, spoken<br />

by <strong>the</strong> congr^ation.<br />

<strong>The</strong> liturgical part being thus completed, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

most important, indeed, what had been <strong>the</strong> primary<br />

object <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Synagoguo service, began. <strong>The</strong><br />

Chazzan, or minister, approached <strong>the</strong> Ark, <strong>and</strong><br />

brought out a roll <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law. It was taken from its<br />

case (teq, teqah)^ <strong>and</strong> unwound from those cloths<br />

(mitpachoth) which held it. <strong>The</strong> time had now

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