(27) Contains very full bibliographies and has other excellent characteristics, but it is a work that must be used with caution. Its chief fault, according to Schechter, is that it is one of a class of works in which "no attempt is made . . . to gain acquaintance with the inner life of the Jewish nation" (_Studies_, II, pp. 119-120). Strack, _Einleitung in den Talmud_, fourth edition (Leipzig, 1908). Zunz, (1) _Die Gottesdienstlichen Vortrage der Juden_ (Berlin, 1832), p. 101 _et seq_. (2) _Die Ritus des Synagogalen Gottesdienstes_ (Berlin, 1859). SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS _One of the following chapters is read on each Sabbath from the Sabbath after Passover until the Sabbath before New Year._ All Israel (1) have a portion in the world to come, and it is said, "And thy people shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land (2) for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified" (3). (1) This does not mean that Israel alone, to the exclusion of other nations, will have a portion in the future world. On the future world ([olam haba]), see [Chapter II], n. 21. "The pious of all nations have a portion in the world to come" (_Tosefta Sanhedrin_, chap. XII; Maimonides, in _Mishneh Torah_, I, _Hilchot Teshubah_, iii, 5) sums up the Rabbinic opinion. (2) _I.e._, the land of everlasting life. (3) _Sanhedrin_, X (XI), 1; Isaiah lx, 21. This passage is recited before each chapter. CHAPTER I 1. Moses received the _Torah_ (4) from Sinai (5), and handed it down to Joshua, and Joshua to the elders (6), and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets delivered it to the men of the Great Synagogue (7). They said three things, "Be deliberate in judgment; raise up many disciples; and make a fence about the _Torah_" (8).