Author: Miriam Mendes Belisario

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-14

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780483129078

Excerpt from Sabbath Evenings at Home, Vol. 1 of 2: Or Familiar Conversations on the Jewish Religion, Its Spirit and Observances She embraces this Opportunity of publicly acknow ledging the' very valuable assistance she has derived from the whole series of Mr. Lesser's religious works, which if studied progressively, form in themselves a compendium of Jewish principles and aspirations, sucli as rcannot be too highly estimated: she is also greatly indebted to the writings of the Rev. D. A. De Sola, and to Mr. Moses Mocat'ta's very able translation of 7mm: mm Faith Strengthened; in fact, she does not hesitate to confess having drawn the honey from every blossom, her object being, net to enhance the merit of what can only be regarded as a compilation, but to avail herself of every clue that may lead her young co-religionists more directly and securely to the F oun tain of living waters. Should the familiar tone of this little work Conduce to this happy result, by rendering the doctrinal lesson a heart-stirring subject of interest, ' she will feel amply compensated for having introduced to their notice a Home Friend, whom she trusts will be found, to avow no other sentiments, than such as become a daughter OF israel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.