Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. Rabbi Eliezer said, "an heifer for a sin-offering is allowed even in pregnancy." But the Sages disallow her. p. 302 [paragraph continues] R. Eliezer said, "she is not to be taken from foreigners." But the Sages allow her. And not only she...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Xi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XI. THE ALTAR OF INCENSE was in length a cubit, and in breadth a cubit, and in height two cubits, as is said, "And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon; of shittim-wood shalt thou make it. A cubit shall be the length ther, and a cubit...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 176 TREATISE X. Judges--Judgments--The Tribunal of Seventy-one--The Great Sanhedrin--The Small Sanhedrin--High Priest--Funerals--King--Royal Wives--Book of the Law--Objections to Judges--Relations--Examination of Witnesses--Evidence--Judgments in Money...
Treatise Xiv. Measurements. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 255 TREATISE XIV. Priests and Levites guarding the Temple--Officer of the Watch--Gates--Chambers--Keys--Manner of entering the House--Nicanor--Steps--Altar--Place of Slaughter--The Laver--The Porch--The Sanctuary--Repairing the Holy...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. He who brings earthen vessels for the ashes of the heifer must wash them, and place them in the furnace over night. Rabbi Judah said, "even if he bring them from his house they are allowed. Since every one is trusted about the heifer. But...
Introduction. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 28 CHAPTER V. Evil Spirits--Satan--Good Angels--Heaven--Hell--The Resurrection--Last Judgment--Talmud contradicts Holy Scripture--Estimate of Gentiles--Precepts for the Sons of Noah--River Sambation--Stories of Rabbis--Proverbs--Ideas of God...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. "A place in which men are accustomed to do work on the eve of the passover? For half a day they may work. A place in which they are not accustomed to work? They must not work. If one goes from a place where they work to a place where they...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. Seven days before the burning of the heifer, the priest who burned the heifer was removed from his house to the chamber in front of the Temple Palace towards the northeast; 1 and it was called the Stone House. And he was sprinkled during...
Treatise Xvii. Hands. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. "Whosoever puts his hands into a house smitten with leprosy? His hands are unclean in a primary degree." 2 The words of R. Akibah. But the Sages say, "his hands are unclean in a secondary degree." 3 "Whatever renders garments uncle...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter X : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER X. "How did Bezaleel make the candlestick? He made it from an ingot of gold, and it was like a beam. And above and below he made bowls, knops, and flowers, and drew out from it two branches, one on either side, and from it he drew out two other...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Xiii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XIII. "How did the Levites guard the tabernacle? The family of Kohath watched on the south, as is said, 'The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.' 2 And they were overseers of the vessels of the ark...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 276 CHAPTER V. 1. "Every doubt in leprosy is cleanness except this one just mentioned, and still another, and what is it? One in whom there was a white spot as large as three lentils square, and the priest inclosed it. In the end of the seven days, it...
Treatise V. On The Day Of Atonement. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. The overseer said to them, "go and look if the time for slaughter is come." If it came, the watchman said, "it is brightening." 1 Matthew the son of Samuel said, "is the whole east light as far as Hebron?" and he said "yes." 2. "And why...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 56 CHAPTER VI. 1. "How do we bless for fruit? For fruit of a tree say, 'Who createst the fruit of the wood,' excepting the wine. For wine say, 'Who createst the fruit of the vine.' For fruits of the earth say, 'Who createst the fruit of the ground,'...
Treatise Xiv. Measurements. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. The length of the whole court 2 was one hundred and eighty-seven cubits. The breadth one hundred and thirty-five. From east to west one hundred and eighty-seven. The place for the tread of the feet of Israel was eleven cubits. The place...
List Of Illustrations : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Showing the Site of the Temple. "To illustrate the Treatise on the red Heifer" Frontispiece. Priest in Linen Vestments sprinkling Blood--"The Day of Atonement" "To face page" 128...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. There were provided eleven curtains of goats hair, and the length of every one of them was thirty cubits, as is said, "And thou shalt make curtains of goats (hair) to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou p. 338 make...
Treatise Xii. The Fathers. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. With ten expressions 1 the world was created. "But wherefore is this taught, since God could have created it with one expression? This is to punish the wicked, who destroy the world that was created with ten expressions, and to reward...
Treatise Iii. On The Sabbath. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 83 TREATISE III. Removals--Work to be avoided--Discussion between the Schools of Shammai and Hillel as to what constitutes Work--Work allowed--Lighting--Eve of the Sabbath--Cooking and Hot Water--Retention of Heat--Burdens--Ornaments--Principal...
Treatise Xiv. Measurements. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. The doorway of the Sanctuary 2 was twenty cubits in height, and ten in breadth. And it had four doors, two within and two without, as is said, "Two doors to the temple and the holy place." 3 The outside (doors) opened into the doorway...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Xiii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 293 CHAPTER XIII. 1. The indications of leprosy in houses are ten. "It was dull in the first week, and it went away? It must be scraped off, and it is clean. It was dull in the second week, and it went away? It must be scraped off, but its owner needs...
Treatise Xiii. The Daily Sacrifice. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. 1. The priests began ascending the steps of the porch. They who gained the lot for the removal of ashes from the inner altar and from the candlestick, proceeded in front. He who gained the lot for the removal of ashes from the inner altar...
Appendix. Plan Of The Temple : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], Plan of the Temple Plan of the Temple. Detail: Temple Plan of the Temple. Detail: Legend Plan of the Temple. Detail: lower left hand corner of plan NOTES ON THE PLAN OF THE TEMPLE FROM THE TALMUD AND OTHER JEWISH AUTHORITIES. "See Plan at end of Volume"...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 300 TREATISE XVI. 1 The Heifer's Age--Ages of other Offerings--Places from which the Red Heifer may come--Blemishes--Black hairs--Separation of the Priest for burning the Red Heifer--Sprinkling--Lads who drew water from Siloam--Number of Red...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 97 CHAPTER II. 1. The whole time that it is allowed to eat leaven, men may feed beasts with it, and wild animals and fowls, and they may sell it to a stranger. And they are allowed to enjoy it in every way. When that season has passed over its...
Treatise Iii. On The Sabbath. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VII. 1. The Sages laid down a great rule for the Sabbath: "Every one who forgets the principle of Sabbath, and did many works on many Sabbaths, is only responsible for one p. 92 sin-offering. Every one who knows the principle of Sabbath, and did...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Xi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XI. 1. Every one's garments receive uncleanness in leprosy except the garments of foreigners. He who buys garments from foreigners should first inspect them. But sea-skins receive no uncleanness in leprosy. "If there be united with them that which...
Treatise Xiv. Measurements. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. The Mountain of the House was five hundred cubits square. The largest space was on the south, the second on the east, the third on the north, and the least westward. In the place largest in measurement was held most service. 2. All who...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter Xi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XI. 1. These are to be strangled,--he who beats his father or his mother, and he who steals a soul from Israel, and an "elder" who is rebellious against the judges, and a false prophet, and he who prophesies in the name of idolatry, and false...
Treatise Xii. The Fathers. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 224 CHAPTER III. 1. Akabia, son of Mahallalel, said, "ponder on three things, and thou wilt not be led to the commission of sin; consider from whence thou comest, and whither thou goest; and in whose presence thou must in futurity stand to account...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VII. "How did Bezaleel make the ark? He made three boxes, two of gold and one of wood. He put the wooden one inside the golden one, and the golden one inside the wooden one, and covered the upper edge with gold; as is said, "And thou shalt overlay...
Treatise Vii. The New Year. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. When the feast of New Year happened on the Sabbath, they used to sound the cornet in the Sanctuary; but not in the provinces. After the destruction of the Sanctuary, R. Jochanan, son of Zacai, decreed that they should sound it in every...
Treatise V. On The Day Of Atonement. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VII. 1. The High Priest came to read. If he wished to read in linen garments, he read. If not, he read in his own white stole. The public Minister of the congregation took out the roll of the Law, and delivered it to the Chief of the congregati...
Treatise V. On The Day Of Atonement. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. 1. Both he-goats for the day of atonement are commanded to be alike in colour, and in stature, and in price, and to be selected at the same time, and although they be not equal, yet are they lawful. "If one be selected to-day and the other...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VII. 1. "When five persons filled five barrels with water of purification, to purify five persons requiring purification, and they changed their mind for one purification, or they prepared for one purification, and they changed their mind...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VIII. 1. These are the controversies relating to meals between the schools of Shammai and Hillel. The school of Shammai say, "one must say the blessing of the day, and then bless the wine;" but the school of Hillel say, "one must say the blessing...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VIII. 1. He who has turned all white after uncleanness, is clean. If the extremities of his members took another turn he is unclean, till his white spot diminish to be less than three lentils square. From the time of his cleansing he is uncle...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter X : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER X. 1. The stalls cause uncleanness in two weeks and with two marks. With thin yellow hair, and with spreading. "With thin yellow hair diminishing in shortness." The p. 285 words of Rabbi Akiba. R. Johanan, the son of Nuri, said, "hair even when...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. The court of the tabernacle was in length one hundred cubits, and in breadth fifty cubits, as is said, "And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle for the south side, etc., an hundred cubits, 2 and likewise for the north side an hundred...
Treatise Iii. On The Sabbath. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III 1. "A cooking oven which was heated with stubble or brushwood? They may place on it cookery. With oil-dregs and with wood? They must not place it, till the coals are raked out, or ashes put in." The school of Shammai say, "hot water, but not...
Treatise Vii. The New Year. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 149 TREATISE VII. Four New Years--Judgments--New Moon--Witnesses--Evidence--Samaritans--Spreading the News--Beth Yangzek--Examining Witnesses--Rabban Gamaliel's Plan of the Phases of the Moon--Rabbi Joshua--Sanhedrin--Cornets...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Xii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XII. Moses made one LAVER, as is said, "Thou shalt also make a laver of brass." 2 Solomon made ten lavers, as is said, "He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash." 3 "There is no meaning in saying 'five...
Treatise Xii. The Fathers. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 228 CHAPTER IV. 1. The son of Zoma said, "Who is wise? He who is willing to receive instruction from all men, as is said, 'Than all my teachers.' 1 Who is mighty? He who subdues his evil imagination, as is said, '"He that is" slow to anger is better...
Treatise Ix. The Feast Offering. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 171 CHAPTER II. 1. Men may not discourse on illegal connections with three, 1 nor on the work of creation with two, 2 nor on the cherubs with one, 3 save when one is wise, and comprehends it of his own knowledge. Every one who considers four things, it...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Xii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XII. 1. Short hyssop is made sufficient for sprinkling with a thread and spindle, and it is dipped and lifted, and one holds the hyssop and sprinkles. R. Judah and R. Simon say, "as is the rule for sprinkling with the hyssop, so is the dipping...
Treatise Viii. Fasting. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 160 CHAPTER II. 1. "What is the order of the fast-days? Men draw out the ark containing the rolls of the Law to the public street of the city, and they put burnt ashes on the top of the ark, and on the head of the prince, and on the head...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. The vail was woven ten cubits square, and there were made in it four loops, and it was hung on hooks on the tops of the pillars, and it was spread in the third portion of the tabernacle, that there should be from it inwards ten cubits...
Preface : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. v PREFACE. The following selection of treatises, translated from the Mishna, with explanations from the Gemara and other sources, is designed to supply the reader with a general and impartial view of this important branch of Hebrew literature. These...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter X : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER X. 1. The Sabbatical year releases 3 a loan, whether it be with or without a bill. The credit of a shop is not released. p. 81 [paragraph continues] But if one made it as a loan, it is released. Rabbi Judah said, "all the first credit is released...
Treatise Ix. The Feast Offering. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 173 CHAPTER III. 1. There are more weighty rules for holy things, than for the heave-offering. Because vessels may be baptized in vessels for the heave-offering, but not for holy things. The outside and inside and handle (are reckoned separately)...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 194 CHAPTER VIII. 1. A son stubborn and rebellious. 1 "From what time is he decidedly a son stubborn and rebellious? From the time the two hairs have come, and up to the time the beard has sprouted; but the Sages spoke in modest language. As is usually...
Appendix. List Of Texts : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 375 LIST OF TEXTS. Book. Chapter. Verse. Page. Genesis i. 1 143 i. 6 165 i. 10 314 ii. 4 43 iv. 7 348 iv. 10 185 vi. 3 199 ix. 6 226 xi. 8 199 xiii. 13 199 xiv. 19 240 xviii. 17 42 xxv. 6 21 xlix. 7 348 xlix. 27 260 Exodus v. 2 333 viii. 8 344 ix. 27...
Treatise Xvii. Hands. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. "If one poured on his hand one gush? His hand is clean. If on both hands one gush?" R. Meir pronounces them "unclean, until one poured out of a quarter log (vessel) upon them. If an heave-loaf fall (on the water)? It is clean." R. Jos...
Treatise Xiii. The Daily Sacrifice. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 242 TREATISE XIII. Guarding the Temple at Night--Taking the Ashes off the Altar--Casting Lots--Opening the Temple in the Morning--Arranging the Fire on the Altar--The Wood-kindling--Allotting Services--Examination of the Daily...
Treatise V. On The Day Of Atonement. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 121 CHAPTER II. 1. At first every one who wished to (cleanse) the altar, cleansed it. When they were many, they ran and mounted the ascent, and each one, who at the middle outstripped his companion by four cubits, won "it". If two were equal...
Treatise Xi. Idolatry. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. Israelites must not put cattle in the stables of idolaters, because of their evil habits. And a woman must not be alone with them, because of their evil habits. And no man should be alone with them, because they are apt to shed blood. 2...
Treatise Vi. On Tabernacles. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 136 TREATISE VI. 1 Size and Covering of Tabernacles--What constitutes a Tabernacle--Exemptions--Palm Branches--Myrtle Boughs--Willows--Citrons--Reading and Blessing--Thrashing the Altar--Rejoicings--Pouring out of the Water--The Lighting...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter Ix : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IX. 1. And these are to be beheaded. The murderer and the men of a city withdrawn to idolatry. "The murderer who smote his neighbour with a stone or iron, and he pressed him down in the midst of the water, or in the midst of fire, and he could not...
Treatise V. On The Day Of Atonement. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 119 TREATISE V. Preparations of the High Priest--Cleansing the Altar--Casting Lots--Daybreak--Offerings--Dress--Prayer--The Goats--Monobazus--Helena--Azazel--the Golden Censer--the Vail--Holy of Holies--"Foundation"--Sprinkling the Blood--Sending forth...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 271 CHAPTER III. 1. Every one afflicted with leprosy is legally unclean, excepting foreigners and the sojourning stranger. Every one is eligible for the inspection of leprosy, but the declaration of uncleanness and of cleansing belongs to the priest...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. In olden times they used to say a man may gather wood, stones, and grass in his own (field), just as he may gather that which is greater out of his neighbour's field. When transgressors increased, a rule was made that this one should gather...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. The daily offering was slaughtered at half-past eight, 5 and offered at half-past nine. On the eve of the passover it was slaughtered at half-past seven and offered at half-past eight, whether the passover fell on a week-day ...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 273 CHAPTER IV. 1. There exists in the white hair what is not in the spreading, and there exists in the spreading what is not in the white hair, because the white hair renders unclean from the first, and renders unclean in every whitish colour...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VIII. 1. "The married woman, while she is in the house of her husband? Her husband slaughtered on her account, and her father slaughtered on her account? She must eat the passover with her husband. She went to spend the first feast after her...
Title Page : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], THE TALMUD "To illustrate the Treatise on the Red Heifer".)"> FRONTISPIECE. VIEW OF JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. WITH THE MOSQUE OF OMAR STANDING PARTLY ON THE SITE OF THE JEWISH TEMPLE. ("To illustrate the Treatise on the Red Heifer".) THE TALMUD...
Appendix : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 381 INDEX. ABRAHAM to BLASPHEMY Abraham, sorcery attributed to him, 21; legend of, 23, 24; his ten trials, 232; his disciples, 235. Abtalyon, his maxims, 219. Abtinas, the family of, 242, 255; in ignominy, 124. Agrippa, King, in the procession with...
Treatise Vi. On Tabernacles. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. The palm-branch and the willow (were used) for six days and for seven. The hymn, and the rejoicings, for eight days. The booth and the pouring out of water for seven days; and the musical pipes for five and for six days. 2. The palm-branch...
Treatise Vi. On Tabernacles. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. A palm branch stolen or withered is disallowed. One from an idolatrous grove, or from a city withdrawn to idolatry, 2 is disallowed. If the point be broken off, or the leaves torn off, it is disallowed. If they be only parted, it is...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. "If one who is reading in the Law when the time comes for praying intends it in his heart? He is free. But if not? He is not free. At the end of the sections one salutes out of respect, and responds; but in the middle of a section he...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Xii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XII. 1. All buildings receive uncleanness in leprosy except the buildings of foreigners. He who buys houses from foreigners must first inspect them. A round house, a three-cornered house, a house built on a ship or on a mast, or one built on four...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. Judgments in money and judgments in souls must be equally inquired into and investigated; as is said, "Ye shall have one manner of law." 1 "What is the difference between judgments in money and judgments in souls? Judgments in money...
Next. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 88 CHAPTER IV. 1. "With what may they cover up (pots to retain the heat)? And with what may they not cover them up? They may not cover them up with oil-dregs, or dung, or salt, or lime, or sand either fresh or dry, or straw, or grape-skins, or woollen...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. 1. "When one wishes to purify, and the ashes of purification have fallen on his hand, or upon the side (of the vessel), and they afterwards fell on a drinking-trough? They are disallowed. If water of purification fell from a pipe...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter X : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER X. 1. On the eves of the passovers near to the time of evening prayer a man must not eat till it be dark. And even the poorest in Israel must not eat till he can recline at ease, and they must not withhold from him the four cups of wine, even...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter Ix : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IX. 1. The rue, and the sorrel with spreading leaves, and the wild savory, the coriander of the mountains, and the parsley of the marshes, and the rocket of the desert, are free from tithes; and they may be bought from all men in the Sabbatical...
Introduction. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 18 CHAPTER IV. Casuistry--Predestination and Free Will--Hereditary Sin--Philosophy--Geography--Astronomy--Astrology--Amulets and Charms--Sorcery--Legends. The Talmud contains a system of casuistry in reference to the doctrines of intention and legal...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Ix : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IX. 1. The boil and the burning cause uncleanness in one week with two marks, with white hair and with spreading. p. 284 [paragraph continues] "What is a boil? If one receive a knock with wood, or. stone, or oil dregs, or the waters of Tiberi...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VIII. 1. The Sages stated an important rule for the Sabbatical year:--"of all that is only fit for man's food a plaster may not be made for man, and it is needless to say for beast. And of all that is not fit for man's food a plaster may be made...
Treatise Iii. On The Sabbath. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. 1. "With what may a woman go out?" And "with what may she not go out? A woman may not go out with laces of wool, nor with laces of flax, nor with straps on her head, and she cannot baptize herself in them till she unloose them; nor with...
Treatise Xi. Idolatry. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. "Has an idolater hired an Israelite to make with him wine of idolatrous libation? His wages are forbidden. But if he hired him to do with him another work, even though he say to him, 'carry for me a barrel of wine of libation from place...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Ix : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IX. THE CANDLESTICK which Moses made in the wilderness was wrought from gold, and required hammering, and required knops and flowers, as is said, "And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his...
List Of The Chief Authorities Used In Preparing : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. x p. xi LIST OF THE CHIEF AUTHORITIES USED IN PREPARING THIS VOLUME. Abodah Sarah, von Dr. Ewald (Nrnberg, 1856). Alphabetische Liste Aller Gelehrten Juden und Judinnen, von M. P. Yung (Leipzig, 1817). Apocrypha. Aruch, von Rabbi Nathan, 2 vols...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 106 CHAPTER VI. 1. These things in the passover abrogate the command against work on the Sabbath: its slaughtering, and the sprinkling of its blood, and purging its inwards, and incensing its fat. But its roasting and the rinsing of its inwards do not...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 48 p. 49 SELECTIONS FROM THE TALMUD. THE MISHNA. TREATISE I. Recitation of the Shemah--Blessings--Rabbi Gamaliel--Exemptions from the recitation--Prayers--Differences between the schools of Shammai and Hillel--Reverence for the Temple. CHAPTER I. 1...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VII. 1. These white spots are clean which existed before the giving of the law 1 in the foreigner, in the proselyte, in the child before birth, in the wrinkle which has filled out, in the head and the beard, in the boil and quickflesh, ...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. The Sabbatical year of white figs 3 is the second after the Sabbatical year, because they produce in three years. Rabbi Judah said, "the Sabbatical year of the Persian figs is p. 71 the close of the Sabbatical year, because they produce...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VIII. 1. "Two persons watched a trough, containing water for purification, one of them becomes legally unclean? It is allowed, because it was in the safe keeping of the second. He became clean and the second unclean? It is allowed, because it w...
Treatise Xiii. The Daily Sacrifice. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. The priests did not tie the four feet of the lamb together, but they bound its fore and hind feet. He who gained the lot for carrying the members, held it; and thus was it bound, its head southward, and its face westward. The slaughterer...
Treatise Xvii. Hands. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 324 TREATISE XVII. Pouring Water--Vessels--Water--Who may pour--How it is to be poured--Hindrances to Cleanness--Doubting--Primary Uncleanness--Secondary Uncleanness--Derived Uncleanness--Rabban Simeon, Son of Gamaliel--Straps of Phylacteries--Rolls...
Treatise Vii. The New Year. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. "The Sanhedrin and all Israel saw (the new moon); the witnesses were examined, but it became dark before they p. 154 could say, "Sanctified"? "The month is intercalary. The Sanhedrin alone saw it? Two members must stand up and testify...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 58 CHAPTER VII. 1. Three men who have eaten together are bound to bless after food. "If a person have eaten of that which is doubtful, whether it has paid tithe or not; or of first tithe from which the heave offering has been taken; or of second ti...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Xiv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 296 CHAPTER XIV. 1. "How was the leper cleansed? He brought a new earthen vessel, and put into it a quarter of a log of running water, and he brought two tame birds. He killed one of them over the earthen vessel and over the running water. He dug...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. The high priest may judge, and be judged. 5 He may bear witness, and witness may be borne against him. He may have his shoe loosed, and the shoe may be loosed for his wife. 6 His brother may take his wife, but he must not take his brother's...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 54 CHAPTER IV. 1. The morning prayer may be said till noon. R. Judah says "until the fourth hour." The afternoon prayer until the evening. R. Judah says "until half the afternoon." The evening prayer has no limit, and the additional prayers may be said...
Introduction. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 14 CHAPTER III. The Talmud adopted by the Jews--Gentile and Christian hostility to it--Reuchlin demands toleration for it--Distinctions made in its Teachings--Schools of Shammai and Hillel--Bath Kol--Pharisees--Sadducees and other...
Treatise Iii. On The Sabbath. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. "With what may they light (lamps) on the Sabbath? And with what may they not light? They may not light with cedar moss, nor with unhackled flax, nor with floss silk, nor with a wick of willow, nor with a wick of nettles, nor with weeds...
Appendix. Calendar Of The Months And Chief : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 364 CALENDAR OF THE MONTHS AND CHIEF JEWISH FEASTS AND FASTS IN EACH YEAR. I.--Nisan, called in Scripture Abib (part of March and April). (Beginning of the Sacred or Ecclesiastical Reckoning). 1. New Moon. 14. Passover. 15. First Day of the Feast...
Introduction. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 10 CHAPTER II. History of the Talmud--Other Rabbinical Writings--The Bereitha--Schools of Tiberias and Babylon--Struggles for Supremacy--Form of Cherem. From the six books or "Orders" the Jews call the Babylon Talmud by the pet name of "Shas" (six)...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 55 CHAPTER V. 1. Men should not stand up to pray, except with reverential head. The pious of ancient days used to pause one hour before they began to pray, that they might direct their hearts to God. Though the king salute, one must not respond;...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 62 TREATISE II. CHAPTER I. Ploughing--Gardening--Dunging--Removing Stones--Sowing--Cutting down Trees--Fruits--Buying and Selling--Territory included in the Sabbatical Year--Produce governed by its Laws--Debts and Payments. 1. "How long do men plough...
Treatise Xiv. Measurements. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. The altar was thirty-two cubits square. It ascended a cubit and receded a cubit. This was the foundation. It remains thirty cubits square. It ascended five cubits, and receded one cubit. This is the circumference. It remains twenty-eight...
Treatise Xi. Idolatry. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 204 TREATISE XI. 1 Dealings with Idolaters--Idolatrous Feasts--Things not to be sold to Idolaters--Labour with idolaters--The Letting out of Houses and Fields--Precautions--Things forbidden and Things allowed--Idols and Fragments of Idols--Hills...
Treatise Xiii. The Daily Sacrifice. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. His brethren saw him come down, and they came running to him. They hastened and sanctified their hands and their feet from the laver. They took the brushes and the forks, and went up to the top of the altar. The members and the cauls 1...
Treatise Ix. The Feast Offering. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 169 TREATISE IX. 1 What is a Child?--Offerings--Crooked and Straight--Remission of Vows--Persons unsuitable for the World--Laying on of Hands--Baptisms--Defilements--Purity--Vessels of the Sanctuary. CHAPTER I. 1. All are bound to appear in the Temple...
Treatise Xiii. The Daily Sacrifice. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. The Captain of the Temple said to the priests, "come and cast lots. Who is to slaughter? Who is to sprinkle? Who is to take the ashes from the inner altar? Who is to take the ashes from the candlestick? Who is to bring up the members...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. "How was the tabernacle covered? There were provided ten curtains of blue, of purple, and scarlet, and fine-twined linen." As is said, "Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle (with) ten curtains of fine-twined linen, and blue, and purple...
Treatise Viii. Fasting. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. Three times in the year the priests elevate their hands to bless the people, four times.a day--in the morning prayer, in the following prayer, in the evening prayer, and at the locking of the gates. These times are the fast days...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Xi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XI. 1. "A pan for purification which one left open, and he found it covered? It is disallowed. He left it open and found a covering on it? If a weasel could drink of it, or a serpent, according to the words of Rabban Gamaliel, or there fell in it...
Introduction. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 45 CHAPTER VII. Suggestion before reading the Tracts--Remarks--Conclusion. In reading the following tracts it should be borne in mind that the meaning in many places is more implied than expressed. 1 Often an idea is taken for granted, which patient...
Treatise V. On The Day Of Atonement. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. He shook the urn and brought up two lots; one was written "for the Name," and the other was written "for Azazel." 1 The Sagan stood at his right hand, and the Chief of the Fathers at his left. If "for the Name" came up in his right h...
Treatise Xiii. The Daily Sacrifice. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. The Captain of the Watch said, "give one blessing," and the priests blessed and read the ten commandments, "Hear," 2 etc. "And it shall come to pass if ye shall hearken," 3 etc. And "He spake," 4 etc. They then gave the three blessings...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 53 CHAPTER III. 1. He whose dead lies before him is exempted from reciting the Shemah,--from the prayer,--and from the phylacteries. 1 Those who carry the bier, and those who relieve them, and those who relieve the relief, those who go before the bier...
Treatise Xvii. Hands. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. On that day 1 they voted and decided, "that a foot-bath containing from two logs to nine cabs, 2 which was split, 3 may become unclean from pressure." 4 although R. Akibah says, "that a foot-bath is as its name." 5 2. On that day they said...
Treatise V. On The Day Of Atonement. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. They brought out for him the cup and the censer, and filled his hand full (of incense), and put it into the cup, the large according to his largeness, 2 and the smaller according to his smallness, and so was its measure. He took the censer...
Treatise Xiii. The Daily Sacrifice. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], THE HIGH PRIEST IN HIS ROBES BESTOWING THE BLESSING. "Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee: Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, And be gracious unto thee: Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, And give thee peace."--Num. vi. 24-26. PAGE 252 CHAPTER...
Treatise Iii. On The Sabbath. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 93 CHAPTER VIII. 1. One may bring out wine sufficient for the cup, 1 milk sufficient for a gulp, honey sufficient for a bruise, oil sufficient to anoint a small member, water sufficient to moisten the eye-salve, and the rest of all beverages a quarter...
Appendix. Note On Modern Judaism : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], A MODERN POLISH RABBI WITH TALITH AND PHYLACTERIES. PAGE 359 p. 359 APPENDIX. NOTE ON MODERN JUDAISM. Every Jew when he attains the age of thirteen years and one day becomes a "bar Mitzvah" (son of commandment), and is henceforth responsible for his own...
Treatise Vi. On Tabernacles. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. The musical pipes were (played) for five and (sometimes) six days. That is to say, the pipes of the water-drawing, which supersedes neither the Sabbath day nor the feast. The (Sages) said, "he who has not seen the joy 3 of the water-drawing...
Treatise Xi. Idolatry. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. Rabbi Ishmael said, "three stones 1 beside each other at the side of the image of Mercury are forbidden, but two are allowed." But the Sages say, "when they are within his view they are forbidden, but when they are not within his view they...
Treatise I. On Blessings. Chapter Ix : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IX. 1. He who sees a place where signs were wrought for Israel, says, "Blessed be He who wrought signs for our fathers in this place;" a place where idolatry has been rooted out,--says, "Blessed be He who hath rooted idolatry out of our land." 2...
Treatise Vi. On Tabernacles. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. "If one sleep under a bed in the booth? He has not discharged his duty." R. Judah said, "we used to sleep under a bed before the elders, and they said nothing to us." R. Simon said, "it happened that Tabbi, the slave of R. Gamaliel, used...
Treatise Xii. The Fathers. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. 1. The Sages studied in the language of the Mishna; blessed be He who made choice of them and their learning. R. Meier said, "he who is engaged in the study of the law for its own sake merits many things, and not only so, but the whole world...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 95 TREATISE IV. Searching for Leaven--How Leaven is to be put away--Restrictions with regard to it--What things make Leaven--Leavening--Work on the Eve of the Passover--Trades allowed--Men of Jericho--Hezekiah--The Daily Offering--Intention--Slaughter...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 64 CHAPTER II. 1. "How long may men plough in a white 1 field on the eve of the Sabbatical year? Till the productiveness ceases; so long as men usually plough to plant cucumbers and gourds." said R. Simon, "thou hast put the law in every man's h...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. "If the white spot looked dim in a German, and the dim white in an thiopian?" Rabbi Ishmael said, "for the p. 270 children of Israel I am atoning, they are as boxwood neither black nor white, but intermediate." R. Akiba said, "painters have...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VII. 1. "How do men roast the passover? They bring a stick of pomegranate and thrust it through its mouth to its tail. And they put its legs and intestines inside it." The words of R. Jos, the Galilean. Rabbi Akiba said, "that is a kind of boiling...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter X : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER X. 1. Everything suited for causing legal uncleanness in that which is trodden must be expelled from the ceremony of purification, whether it be unclean or clean, and man likewise. "Everything suited for producing defilement of the dead, whether...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 74 CHAPTER VII. 1. The Sages stated an important rule: "In the Sabbatical year, everything eaten by man and eaten by beast, and a kind of dye-stuff, and whatever cannot remain in the ground, to them the laws of the Sabbatical year apply, and to their...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. The Ark which Moses made in the desert was in length two cubits and a half, and in breadth one cubit and a half, and in height one cubit and a half, as is said, "And they shall make an ark of shittim wood, two cubits and a half shall be...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter Ix : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IX. 1. He who was legally unclean, or in a journey afar off, and did not keep the first, must keep the second (passover). "He mistook it, or was constrained by force, and did not keep the first? He must keep the second. If so, why is it said...
Treatise Xi. Idolatry. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. "All images are forbidden, because they are worshipped once a year." The words of R. Meier. But the Sages say, "only those are forbidden which have in their hand a staff, or bird, or ball." R. Simon, the son of Gamaliel, said, "all images...
Treatise Viii. Fasting. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 158 TREATISE VIII. When Rain is to be prayed for--Proclamations for Fasting--Ceremonial of Fasting--Prayers--Blowing of Trumpets--R. Gamaliel and R. Meier--Sign of Famine--Partial Rain--Pestilence--Story of Hone Hammeagal--Lifting up...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 346 CHAPTER VIII. THE TABLE which Moses made in the wilderness was in length two cubits, and its breadth one cubit, and its height was one cubit and a half, as is said, "Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood, two cubits shall be the length ther...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. "Judgments in money matters (require) three judges. This party chooses for himself one, and the other party chooses for himself one. And both parties choose another." The words of R. Meier. But the Sages say, "the two judges choose...
Treatise Vii. The New Year. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. If a witness were unknown, another was sent to testify to him. At first they received evidence of the new moon from any one; but when the heretics 2 bribed (the witnesses), they ordained that evidence should only be received from those who...
Appendix. Note On The Sanhedrin : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 366 NOTE ON THE SANHEDRIN. The Synedrion () called in Aramaic Sanhedrin, was the Supreme Court of the Jewish nation. It is invested with an awful interest, as having been the tribunal, which deliberately rejected the Messiahship and Deity of the Lord...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter Xiv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER XIV. When Israel was to encamp, the pillar of cloud rose up and spread out over the children of Judah like a kind of booth, and it covered the tent outwards, and filled the tabernacle inwards; as is said, "Then a cloud covered the p. 357 tent...
Appendix. Notes On The Tabernacle : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], NOTES ON THE TABERNACLE. The Gemara in the Treatise Shabat makes the following observations on the Tabernacle:--"And to the Tabernacle thou shalt make ten curtains;--the length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits." 1 Draw their length...
Treatise Xviii. The Tabernacle. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 334 FROM THE BEREITHA. TREATISE XVIII. Heave-Offerings--Dimensions of the Tabernacle--Boards--Bars--Rings of Gold--Overlaying with Gold--Pipes of Gold--Curtains--Threads--Coupling--Taches--Sockets--Vail--Holy of Holies--Holy Place--Sacred...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter X : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER X. 1. All Israel have a portion in the world to come, as is said, "Thy people also shall be all righteous," 2 etc. And these are they who have no portion in the world to come: he who says there is no resurrection of the dead in the law, and th...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Ix : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IX. 1. "A pan full of the water of purification into which ordinary water, however little, has fallen?" R. Eliezer said, "one must sprinkle twice with it." But the Sages "disallow it. If dew fell into it?" R. Eliezer said, "let him leave it...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. 1. Three countries (are included) in the laws of the Sabbatical year. In all the possessions of those who returned from Babylon--from the (border) of the land of Israel and to Cezib, 2 we may not eat cultivated fruit, and we may not cultivate...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. 1. The extent of the white spot is as three Cicilian lentils square, the space of the three lentils square is nine lentils, the space of the lentils is four hairs, it follows that the extent of the spot is thirty-six hairs. 2. "The white spot...
Treatise Xii. The Fathers. Chapter Ii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER II. 1. Rabbi Judah said, "which are the most eligible paths for man to choose? All such as are an ornament to those who tread therein; and get them honour from man. Be also as careful of the observance of a light precept, as of a weighty one;...
Treatise Viii. Fasting. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. The order of these fasts is said only for the first rains. But if the sprouts wither, men blow an alarm off-hand. And if the rains cease between rain and rain forty days, men blow an alarm off-hand. Because it is a sign of famine. 2. If...
Treatise V. On The Day Of Atonement. Chapter Viii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VIII. 1. On the day of atonement, food, and drink, and washing, and anointing, and the sandal latchet, 3 and marriage duties, are restricted. "But the king and bride are allowed to wash their face, and the woman after childbirth may wear sandals."...
Introduction. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 1 INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. Compilation of the Talmud--Rabbi Judah the Holy--Mishna--Gemara--General Survey of the Six Orders or Volumes of the Mishna. The Talmud (teaching) comprises the Mishna and the Gemara. The Mishna ("learning" or "second law")...
Treatise Xv. Leprosy. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 267 TREATISE XV. 1 Indications of Leprosy--Inspection--Uncleanness--Boils--Burnings--Scalls--Time--White Hair--Quickflesh--Black Hair--Spots--Pronouncing--Inclosing--Cleanness and Uncleanness--Yellow Hair--Shaving...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VI. 1. When the judgment was finished, they brought him forth to stone him. 1 The place of stoning was outside the judgment hall; as is said, "Bring him forth that hath p. 188 cursed." 1 One stood at the door of the judgment-hall with towels...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter Vii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER VII. 1. Four punishments were permitted to the supreme court,--stoning, burning, beheading, and strangling. R. Simon said, "burning, stoning, strangling, and beheading." The preceding chapter is the order of stoning. 2. The order for those burned...
Treatise X. The Sanhedrin. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. The witnesses were examined with seven investigations. "In what Sabbatical year? In what year? In p. 186 what month? What date in the month? What day?" What hour? What place?" R. Jos said, "What day? What hour? What place? Did you know him...
Treatise Xvi. The Heifer. Chapter Iv : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER IV. 1. "The heifer which was slaughtered without the proper intention, (the priest) caught the blood and sprinkled it without the proper intention, or with the proper intention, and afterwards without the proper intention, or without the proper...
Treatise Iii. On The Sabbath. Chapter V : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER V. 1. "With what is a beast led forth, and with what is it not led forth?" 2 "One may lead forth the camel with a head-stall, and the she-camel with a nose-ring, and the Lydda 3 asses with a bridle, and a horse with a halter, and all animals th...
Treatise Xii. The Fathers. Chapter I : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 218 TREATISE XII. The Oral Law--Its Transmission--Names of the "Receivers"--Maxims--Apothegms--Wisdom of the Wise. CHAPTER I. 1. Moses received the Oral Law from Sinai and delivered it to Joshua, and Joshua delivered it to the elders, and the elders...
Introduction. Chapter Vi : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], p. 40 CHAPTER VI. RABBINIC LOGIC. The Rabbis have laid down thirteen rules for the interpretation of the Talmud. These rules form their system of logic. They are as follows:-- (1.) "Light and heavy", an argument from the less to the greater. An example is...
Treatise Ii. On The Sabbatical Year. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. How long may men bring out dung to the heap? Till the time comes for stopping work." The words of R. Maier. R. Judah said, "till its fertility 1 dry out." R. Jos said, "till it hardens into a lump." 2. "How much may men manure? As much...
Treatise Iv. On The Passover. Chapter Iii : * "The Talmud", by Joseph Barclay, [1878], CHAPTER III. 1. These cause transgression during passover: the Babylonian cuthack, 2 and the Median beer, and the Edomite vinegar, and the Egyptian zithum, 3 and the purifying dough p. 99 of the dyer, 1 and the clarifying grain of the cooks, and the paste...