Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and - Kabbala by Various
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_Succah_, fol. 49, col. 2.
Abraham it was that ordained the form of prayer for morning worship, which is extant to this very day. _Berachoth_, fol. 26, col. 2. As he himself was pious, so were his very camels, for they would not enter into a place where there were idols; as it is written (Gen. xxiv. 31), "I have prepared," i.e., removed the idols from, "the house and room for the camels." _Avoth d' Rabbi Nathan_, chap. 8. Abraham had a daughter, and her name was Bakol. Ibid., fol. 16, col. 2. Abraham was free from evil passion. _Bava Bathra_ fol. 17, col. 1. He was also free from the Angel of Death. Ibid., fol. 17, col. 1. He delivered to the children he had by Keturah a secret name, with which they learned to practice witchcraft and do the works of the devil. _Sanhedrin_, fol. 91, col. 1. |
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