Jewish fiction; Jews -- Fiction; Short stories, Yiddish -- Translations into English
P. 336. "Jeroboam the son of Nebat."--The Rabbinical type for one who
not only sins himself, but induces others to sin, too.
P. 401. "Thursday."--_See note under_ p. 516.
P. 403. "Monday," "Wednesday," "Tuesday."--_See note under_ p. 516.
P. 427. "Six months' 'board.'"--_See_ Koest.
P. 443. "I knew Hebrew grammar, and could write Hebrew, too."--_See_
MASKIL.
P. 445. "A Jeroboam son of Nebat."--_See note under_ p. 336.
P. 489. "In a snow-white robe."--The head of the house is clad in his
shroud at the Seder on the Passover.
P. 516. "She knew that on Wednesdays Yitzchokel ate his 'day'," etc.--At
the houses of well-to-do families meals were furnished to poor students,
each student having a specific day of the week with a given family
throughout the year.
P. 547. "Why had he brought ... a white shirt-like garment?"--The
worshippers in the synagogue on the Day of Atonement wear shrouds.
P. 552. "Am I ... I suppose I am to lie down?"--_See_ MALKES.
P. 574. "In a hundred and twenty years."--The age attained by Moses and
Aaron; a good old age. The expression is used when planning for a future
to come after the death of the person spoken to, to imply that there is
no desire to see his days curtailed for the sake of the plan.
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