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... head and arm , are called r'tsuoth . The breadth of the r'tsuoth ought to be equal to the length of a barley - corn , or a little wider , and the length to be sufficient to compass the head , and to make the kesher , or knot . The ...
... head and arm , are called r'tsuoth . The breadth of the r'tsuoth ought to be equal to the length of a barley - corn , or a little wider , and the length to be sufficient to compass the head , and to make the kesher , or knot . The ...
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... in the Jewish devotions . These are a few of the Rabbinical assertions : " Whosoever hath phylacteries on his head , he will not sin . " " Whosoever wears phylacteries , his sins are forgiven him 4 The Three Great Precepts of Judaism .
... in the Jewish devotions . These are a few of the Rabbinical assertions : " Whosoever hath phylacteries on his head , he will not sin . " " Whosoever wears phylacteries , his sins are forgiven him 4 The Three Great Precepts of Judaism .
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... head and the greatest part of the body of a boy who is able to walk by himself in the market - place , and is not in want of another person to take care of him . " It is not to be of a smaller size than this , but it may be a great deal ...
... head and the greatest part of the body of a boy who is able to walk by himself in the market - place , and is not in want of another person to take care of him . " It is not to be of a smaller size than this , but it may be a great deal ...
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... head , than to the bottom . The rich Jews generally have a very expensive atarah , beautifully embroidered with gold and silver , and consider its possession very meritorious . According to the institution of the Rabbis , the Jews are ...
... head , than to the bottom . The rich Jews generally have a very expensive atarah , beautifully embroidered with gold and silver , and consider its possession very meritorious . According to the institution of the Rabbis , the Jews are ...
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... head , awaiting the arrival of the bride and bridegroom . He had not long to remain expectant , for the bridegroom , attended by his father , very shortly afterwards entered the courtyard , and took his stand under the canopy , all ...
... head , awaiting the arrival of the bride and bridegroom . He had not long to remain expectant , for the bridegroom , attended by his father , very shortly afterwards entered the courtyard , and took his stand under the canopy , all ...
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Page 195 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 196 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 197 - And I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
Page 200 - And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob : for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes : but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers
Page 69 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered ; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Page 13 - ... thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 103 - Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's : for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
Page 104 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...
Page 195 - Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope...
Page 196 - The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem ; and the heavens and the earth shall shake : but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.