Excerpt from The Genius of Judaism The Jews anciently had calendars, which com memorated the great events of their nation, which are occasionally referred to in the Talmud. The Megillot Taanith, i. E. The volume of affliction or ifasting, which Calmet has noticed, but probably had never con sulted, and, judging by the title, imagined it to be one of these ancient calendars, contains only the Jewish fes tivals and fasts. In the preface and notes of the learned Meyer de J ejunis may be seen the controversy respect ing ...
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Excerpt from The Genius of Judaism The Jews anciently had calendars, which com memorated the great events of their nation, which are occasionally referred to in the Talmud. The Megillot Taanith, i. E. The volume of affliction or ifasting, which Calmet has noticed, but probably had never con sulted, and, judging by the title, imagined it to be one of these ancient calendars, contains only the Jewish fes tivals and fasts. In the preface and notes of the learned Meyer de J ejunis may be seen the controversy respect ing the inconsistency of the title with the work. Leo of Modena, however, informs us, that from the 17th of Tamaz, or June, till the 9th of A6, or July, some Jews abstain from flesh and wine. In this fast of three weeks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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