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

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Rabbaihi or 8emakho(k^ containing Halakhah <strong>and</strong><br />

Haggadah about funeral <strong>and</strong> mourning<br />

observances; Kallah^ on <strong>the</strong> married relationship;<br />

Derekh EreUj^ embodying moral directions <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> rules <strong>and</strong> customs <strong>of</strong> social intercourse; Derekh<br />

EreU Zulaf treating <strong>of</strong> similar subjects, but as<br />

regards learned students; <strong>and</strong>, lastly, <strong>the</strong> Pereq ha<br />

Shalom^ which is a eulogy on peoM. All <strong>the</strong>se<br />

tractates date, at least in <strong>the</strong>ir present form, later<br />

than <strong>the</strong> Talmudic period.'<br />

But while <strong>the</strong> Halakhah^ however varied in its<br />

application, was something fixed <strong>and</strong> stable, <strong>the</strong><br />

utmost latitude was claimed <strong>and</strong> given in <strong>the</strong><br />

Haggadah, It is sadly characteristic, that,<br />

practically, <strong>the</strong> main body <strong>of</strong> Jewish dogmatic <strong>and</strong><br />

moral <strong>the</strong>ology is really only Haggadahy <strong>and</strong> hence<br />

<strong>of</strong> no absolute authority. <strong>The</strong> Halakhah indicated<br />

with <strong>the</strong> most minute <strong>and</strong> painful punctiliousness<br />

every legal ordinance as to outward observances,<br />

<strong>and</strong> it explained every bearing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law <strong>of</strong><br />

Moses. But beyond this it left <strong>the</strong> inner man, <strong>the</strong><br />

spring <strong>of</strong> actions, untouched. What he was to

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