Another book edited by Manasseh, though it is merely a translation, throws some light on the tendencies of the time and on Manasseh’s Jewish connections. This is the _Libro Yntitulado Enseña a Pecadores_.¹ (Appendix ix). This little book contains, in addition to a translation of a prayer composed by _Rabbi_ Isaac (1534‒1572) _ben_ Solomon [Ashkenazi] Luria, a translation of a section of _Rabbi_ Isaiah (1555‒1630) _ben_ Abraham Horwitz’s _Sepher Shné Luchot Ha’brith_ ... Amsterdam ... 5409. The author’s name has come down to posterity by the initials of his great work “S. L. H.”² with the attribute _Hakadosh_.³ He was _Rabbi_ in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Prague, Posen, and Cracow, and then went to the Holy Land, where he was called מרא דארץ ישראל‎⁴ His _Shné Luchot Ha’brith_ is a work of admirable erudition in the _Agadah_ (Legend, Saga) of the _Talmud_, as well as in homiletics and _Cabbalah_. _Rabbi_ Isaiah Horwitz was a religiously inspired Zionist. His enthusiasm in expounding the glory of the Holy Land (_Shné Luchot Ha’brith_, _p._ 275, sermon to _Lech L’cha_, and _p._ 389, sermon to _Va’etchanan_) was almost unique in the literature of that time. He combined moreover a rare religious ecstasy and _Cabbalistic_ visions with progressive ideas on education, in which he recommended a systematic method, contrary to the customs of that time――a tendency also found in Manasseh. _Rabbi_ Isaiah lived to an advanced age, and his activities came to an end in the Holy Land. His manuscript was brought to Amsterdam and published there, with additions by his son David, who was also a distinguished scholar. This book seems to have impressed Manasseh so much that he published a translation of a part of it, containing prayers and contemplations for repentant sinners, evidently for _Marranos_, for whom a great many prayer-books and religious tracts were published at that time in Spanish and Portuguese. ¹ Instruction for Sinners. ² Pronounced “_Shloh_.” ³ The Saint. ⁴ Lord of the Land of _Israel_.