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

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■ Some oi <strong>the</strong> leading Rabbis resisted this<br />

praotioe, <strong>and</strong> deoUured that a Habbi who yielded<br />

to it deserved death (Megill. 28 «; oomp. Megill.<br />

22 a. Seegenerallj Duiokak^ a. s. p. 265.)<br />

* JSvery deeoendant <strong>of</strong> Aa^n ia <strong>the</strong> fiynagogue is<br />

bound to join in <strong>the</strong> act <strong>of</strong> benediction, on pain <strong>of</strong><br />

forfeiture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> blessing on himself, aooording to<br />

Gen. xii. ft. O<strong>the</strong>rwise he transgresees three oom*<br />

m<strong>and</strong>s, contained in Numb. vi. 27 (Sot. 88 h). <strong>The</strong><br />

present mode <strong>of</strong> dividing <strong>the</strong> fingers when<br />

prgnouncing <strong>the</strong> bkwlDg<br />

is justified by an appeal to Cant, ii 9 (Bemidb. R.<br />

11), although do dosbt <strong>the</strong> origin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> practice is<br />

nursticaL<br />

* <strong>The</strong> reasons commonly assigned for it are<br />

unhistorical. Comp. * Sketches <strong>of</strong> Jewi^ <strong>Life</strong>,' p.<br />

278. <strong>The</strong> term HaphtSish, or ra<strong>the</strong>r Aphtarak <strong>and</strong><br />

Aphtmrtm, is derived from paUiTy to<br />

dismisi^^Uier, Uks <strong>the</strong> Latin Mitta^ beoauae it<br />

ended <strong>the</strong> general service, or else beosaie tlii

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