226. For Israel Baalshem, See Schechter, _Studies_, i. ‘The Chassidim.’ Joseph: _The Message of Judaism_. 228. _Songs of Zion._ An excellent translation of a poem of great mystic beauty. 229. This hymn forms part of the New Year Morning Service. 230. _Stories and Pictures._ Peretz inimitably succeeds in revealing the whole inner world of Chassidic life. The Rebbe referred to is Nathan ben Naphtali Hertz, a disciple of Nahman of Bratzlav. The story is also related of R. Moses Sassow. 235. From a Sermon preached at Capetown to a Congregation of Refugees from the Transvaal during the Boer War. 237. _Service of the Synagogue_, Eve of the Day of Atonement. Only the last portion of this alphabetic acrostic is given here. 238. From _The Royal Crown_, Gabirol’s best known and most important composition, containing his thoughts on religion and philosophy, and expressing all his ardent love of God. In many congregations, this poem is recited at the conclusion of the Eve of Atonement (Kol Nidra) Service. 240. _Abodath Yisrael_, by Szold and Jastrow, Philadelphia, 1873. 241. _Poems of Emma Lazarus_, vol. ii. 249. This hymn introduces the concluding service on the Day of Atonement in the Sephardi Liturgy. 250. _Cusari_, ii, 50. The translation is from Gottheil, _Sun and Shield_. 252. Joseph: _Judaism as Life and Creed_. Disraeli: _Tancred_. 253. _Aspects of Judaism_, p. 109. 255. J. Q. R., 1903. For the Yiddish original, See Wiener, _History_, p. 272. 259. The Menorah――the more correct title would be ‘The Chanukah Lamp’. 268. In England every morning service closes with this hymn being recited before the open Ark. V 273. Spinoza: _Ethics_. 274. _Guide to the Perplexed._ 275. See Notes 7‒9. 280. Maimonides: _The Eight Chapters on Ethics_, ed. Gorfinkle, New York, 1912. Jacobs: _Jews of Angevin England_, p. 172. Ethics of the Fathers: _Authorized Prayer Book_, pp. 184‒209. A good edition, Hebrew and English, with commentary, is by Gorfinkle, in Library of Jewish Classics, Bloch Publishing Co., New York. 282. ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness’: The Jewish mystic’s Ladder of Perfection. Its author is Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair――a second-century saint and teacher. 283. Yellin-Abrahams’ _Maimonides_, J. P. S. 285. _The Literary Remains of Emanuel Deutsch_, ‘The Talmud’, for a larger selection of Talmudic sayings.