was given to Moses by our
instructor.

9. I believe, with a perfect faith, that this law will never be changed,
that the Creator (blessed be His name!) will never give us any other law.

10. I believe, with a perfect faith, that the Creator (blessed be His
name!) knoweth all the actions and thoughts of mankind, as it is said,
"He fashioneth their hearts, and knoweth all their works."

11. I believe, with a perfect faith, that the Creator (blessed be His
name!) rewards those who observe His commandments, and punishes those who
transgress them. (12.) The Jew believes in the coming of the Messiah;
and (13), in the resurrection of the dead.

The Jews in London are divided into three communities--the Reformed, the
_Ashkenasim_, or Polish and German Jews, and the _Sephardim_, or
Portuguese and Spanish. These latter pride themselves on their ancient
descent, and especially on their nationality. Their Church, as we have
said, is the oldest in London; their rabbi is Dr. Artom, and their
service differs from that of the _Ashhenasim_ in matters of detail not of
faith. Of course both take their stand upon the Pentateuch, which they
term the Torah or law, a portion of which is read every Sabbath; but,
according to the rabbinists, Moses received two laws on Mount Sinai, one
written, the other unwritten. This latter was transmitted down from
generation to generation by word of mouth until after the destruction of
Jerusalem, when it was committed to writing. This work is called
_Mishna_, or repetition. In process of time it became a text-book in the
schools of Palestine and Babylon, and lectures were delivered on it and
comments made by rabbis more or less learned and devout. In course of
time these comments and lectures were collected together into one work
under the title of _Gemara_, completion. The _Talmud_, which means
doctrine, contains the two. There are two Talmuds in existence. One
contains the decisions of the Palestine rabbis, collected and published
somewhere in the fourth century; the other contains similar decisions on
the part of the learned divines of Babylon. The difference between the
two is exclusively in the _Gemara_. The Babylonian Talmud is the one in
common use. It is for this Talmud, long too much neglected by
Christians, that the Jews have contended for ages, and it is for this
Talmud an able writer, in an article in the "Quarterly," which produced
an immense sensation at the time, eloquent