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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. FASTS AND FESTIVALS CONCLUDED. "When ye spread iprth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear.." Isaiah, 1. 15. Sophia being now considered of an age to fast, according to the rites of her religion, the Black Fast, of this year, was chosen for her initiation into that part of he- duty, in preference to one immediately preceding it, the observance of which is considered of minor importance. The minor fast, is in memory of the breach made in the walls of the holy city during its siege. But the Black Fast is a solemn memorial of the total and awful destruction of Jerusalem, after the crucifixion of the Prince of Peace, whose predictions respecting its utter desolation, were then wonderfully and fearfully verified, both in the spirit and letter of his prophetic word. . A short Lent precedes this fast which is strictly observed by the Jewish nation, though of human origin, and with all its ceremonies self-imposed. It commences on the eve of the day, when the last meal, consisting chiefly of fruits, is eaten, sitting on the ground. They then repair to the synagogue to read the book of the Lamentations of Jeremiah; nor do they taste food of any description during this or any other fast until the eve of the day when the stars are visible. The peculiarity of this fast is farther marked by a total negligence of dress, and the use of any qrnaments or personal comforts. It is a day set apart for visiting the different places of interment, which are opened only for funerals at any other period of the year. A view of these solemn, and neatly kept, receptacles of the dead, forms at this time an affecting and interesting scene. Here, as Jews, of nil ages, and both sexes, wander pensively among H the tomb...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151327253
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 48
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151327255
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 104 gr


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