Deuteronomy 33. 21. Footnote 50: _Ibid._ Footnote 51: Isaiah 57. 2. Footnote 52: This poem, which is found in the Ashkenazic ritual for New Year, consists of fifteen stanzas, and is an acrostic bearing the author’s name. Each stanza has three short rhyming lines. The poet asks why the Jewish kingdom is cast down (stanza 1). A brief answer is given by the Holy Spirit (stanzas 2 and 3). The remaining stanzas are uttered by the Jewish nation complaining of the evil done to her by her enemies who as yet have not been punished for their wickedness. Footnote 53: That is, Rome. Footnote 54: This poem is found in the Ashkenazic ritual for the Ninth of Ab. It consists of eleven stanzas of five rhyming lines, except the last which has four lines. The stanzas are in alphabetic order, two letters being disposed of in each stanza. Footnote 55: Leviticus 26. 45. Footnote 56: Jeremiah 5. 12. Footnote 57: That is, Abraham. Footnote 58: Genesis 15. 1. Footnote 59: _Ibid._ 17. 21. Footnote 60: That is, Jacob. Footnote 61: That is, Moses. Footnote 62: Jeremiah 51. 5. Footnote 63: Epstein’s edition, pp. 23, _seq._ Footnote 64: Joshua 1. 8. Footnote 65: Exodus 14. 13. Footnote 66: Comp. Deuteronomy 2. 4, 9, 19. Footnote 67: Part of Book IV, chapter 20. Footnote 68: In Yoma 72b and Horayot 12a this term refers to the priest who is anointed to encourage the army. Comp. Deuteronomy 20. 2–4. Footnote 69: From a manuscript in the library of the Dropsie College. Footnote 70: 2 Kings 13. 23. Footnote 71: Psalm 123. 2. Footnote 72: Ezekiel 39. 25. Footnote 73: Leviticus 26. 9. Footnote 74: This is the end of a leaf in the manuscript of the original, and there is a likelihood that some leaves are missing here, so that the following sentences are not a continuation of this part. Footnote 75: Neubauer, _Mediæval Jewish Chronicles_, vol. II., pp. 83, _seq._ Footnote 76: That is, Psalm 91. Footnote 77: That is, Psalms 145–150. Footnote 78: The following four poems are from a manuscript in the library of the Dropsie College, and are probably the first of a series of fifteen based on the fifteen Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120–134). The first stanza of each poem bears the author’s name in acrostic, while the remaining stanzas are in alphabetic order, three letters being disposed of in each stanza. The fourth line is a verse, or part thereof, from the Psalm upon which the poem is based. Footnote 79: That is, Edon. (Comp. Genesis 22. 21), hence Rome. Footnote 80: That is, Israel mourning for the temple. Footnote 81: All these are tribes of Gentiles. Comp. Genesis 22. 21; 36. 18. Footnote 82: Philipp’s edition, lines 109–136. For reasons, which do not appear to be cogent, Hai’s authorship of these maxims has been doubted. Footnote 83: