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

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Law, which in equivalent n to <strong>the</strong>m all.' * This<br />

devotion to <strong>the</strong> Law was, indeed, to <strong>the</strong> Jew <strong>the</strong> all<br />

in all—<strong>the</strong> sum <strong>of</strong> intellectual pursuits, <strong>the</strong> aim <strong>of</strong><br />

life. What better thing could a fa<strong>the</strong>r seek fbr his<br />

child thcui this inestimaUe boon ? <strong>The</strong> first<br />

education was necessarily <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r's.^ Even <strong>the</strong><br />

TEklmud owns this, when, lunong <strong>the</strong> memorable<br />

sayings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sages, it records one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> School<br />

<strong>of</strong> Rabbi Jannai, to <strong>the</strong> effect that knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Law may be looked for in those, who have sucked<br />

it in kBer.6s» at <strong>the</strong>ir mo<strong>the</strong>r's breast.^ And what<br />

<strong>the</strong> true mo<strong>the</strong>rs in Israel were, is known not ovly<br />

from instances in <strong>the</strong> Old Testament, from <strong>the</strong><br />

praise <strong>of</strong> woman in <strong>the</strong> Book <strong>of</strong> Proverbs, £ind<br />

frcmi <strong>the</strong> sayings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> Sirach (Ecclus.<br />

iii.'), but from <strong>the</strong> Jewish women <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> New<br />

Testament.' K, according to a scmiewhat curious<br />

traditional principle, wcxnen were dispensed &om<br />

ail such positive obligations as were incumbent at<br />

fixed periods <strong>of</strong> time (such as putting on<br />

phylacteries), o<strong>the</strong>r religious duties devolved<br />

exclusively upon <strong>the</strong>m. <strong>The</strong> Sabbath meal, <strong>the</strong><br />

kindling <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sabbath lamp, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> setting apart

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