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Ezrielk was married at the age of thirteen.

P. 220. "He could not even break the wine-glass," etc.--A marriage
custom.

P. 220. "Waving of the sacrificial fowls."--_See_ SCAPE-FOWLS.

P. 220. "The whole company of Chassidim broke some plates."--A betrothal
custom.

P. 227. "Had a double right to board with their parents
'forever.'"--_See_ Koest.

P. 271. "With the consent of the All-Present," etc.--_See note under_ p.
197.

P. 273. "Nothing was lacking for their journey from the living to the
dead."--_See note under_ p. 547.

P. 319. "Give me a teacher who can tell," etc.--Reference to the story
of the heathen who asked, first of Shammai, and then of Hillel, to be
taught the whole of the Jewish Law while standing on one leg.

P. 326. "And those who do not smoke on Sabbath, raised their eyes to the
sky."--To look for the appearance of three stars, which indicate
nightfall, and the end of the Sabbath.

P. 336. "Jeroboam the son of Nebat."--The Rabbinical type for one who
not only sins himself, but induces others to sin, too.

P. 401. "Thursday."--_See note under_ p. 516.

P. 403. "Monday," "Wednesday," "Tuesday."--_See note under_ p. 516.

P. 427. "Six months' 'board.'"--_See_ Koest.

P. 443. "I knew Hebrew grammar, and could write Hebrew, too."--_See_
MASKIL.

P. 445. "A Jeroboam son of Nebat."--_See note under_ p. 336.

P. 489. "In a snow-white robe."--The head of the house is clad in his
shroud at the Seder on the Passover.

P. 516. "She knew that on Wednesdays Yitzchokel ate his 'day'," etc.--At
the houses of well-to-do families meals were furnished to poor students,
each student having a specific day of the week with a given family
throughout the year.

P. 547. "Why had he brought ... a white shirt-like garment?"--The
worshippers in the synagogue on the Day of Atonement wear shrouds.

P. 552. "Am I ... I suppose I am to lie down?"--_See_ MALKES.

P. 574. "In a hundred and twenty years."--The age attained by Moses and
Aaron; a good old age. The expression is used when planning for a future
to come after the death of the person spoken to, to imply that there is
no desire to see his days curtailed for the sake of the plan.

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