1. All acts of faithlessness of a man to his wife, and of a woman to her husband. 2. The use of bad and low language. 3. Immodest conduct. 4. Associating with low and loose persons. EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. Thou shalt not steal. This commandment forbids 1. All kinds of theft and robbery. NINTH COMMANDMENT. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. This commandment implies the prohibition of all kinds of falsehood against our fellow-men, whether it be in a court of justice or in ordinary conversation. TENTH COMMANDMENT. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. The tenth commandment— 1. Forbids us to covet that which does not belong to us; and 2. Commands us to suppress any such desire when it rises in our heart. There are five Festivals or Holy days in the course of the year. ימים נוראים They are divided into "Solemn days," and Rejoicing. Three Festivals of .SOLEMN DAYS יָמִים נוֹרָאִים .I The "Solemn days" include two Holy days, which form the beginning and the end of Ten penitential on these days we are to reflect ; עֲשֶׂרֶת יְמֵי תְשׁוּבָה ",days on our past conduct, regret our shortcomings, and resolve to improve. 1. New Year, is kept on the first and on the second days of the Hebrew month Tishri. The 1st of Tishri is the beginning of the year in the Jewish Calendar. The Shofar (made of the horn of a ram) is blown on New Year's Day, to remind us of our duty to begin a new life, to abandon all sinful thoughts, to mend where we have acted wrongly, and to try to be good in every respect. 2. of Tishri. Di Day of Atonement, is kept on the 10th It is the most important and most solemn day of the year; it is a day of fasting, devotion, aud ΤΟ repentance. We confess our sins before the Almighty, and pray to Him for forgiveness. We are told in the Bible, "For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you; you shall be purified before the Lord of all sins" (Lev. xvi. 30). your .THREE IFESTIVALS שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים .II The literal meaning of the term why is “three times." The two words form the beginning of the commandment concerning the three Festivals (Exod. xxiii. 14). They signify also "three pilgrimages," and in former days, when the Temple in Jerusalem was still in existence, a pilgrimage to Jerusalem was connected with the celebration of these Festivals. 1. D Passover. Passover is kept for eight days, beginning the 15th of Nisan, in commemoration of the wonderful deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. It is called Passover for this reason: the last of the ten plagues which God sent as a punishment over Egypt was the slaying of the first-born. There was not a house of the Egyptians in which some one had not died; but the houses of the Israelites were passed over by the plague, and no death occurred in them. During Passover we must not eat bread;" instead of leavened we eat "leavened "unleavened bread," in commemoration of the unleavened bread which the Israelites ate when leaving Egypt; they had to leave hurriedly, and had no time for preparing leavened bread. Therefore Passover is also called лisen "Festival of Unleavened Bread." 2. niya Feast of Weeks. The Feast of Weeks is kept on the sixth and the seventh days of Sivan. It is called Festival of Weeks because seven weeks are counted between the second day of Passover and this festival. On the second day of Passover an Omer (that is, a certain measure) of new barley was offered in the Temple as thanksgiving for the harvest which commenced in Palestine about the time of Passover. The counting is called "the סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר " counting of the Omer is the anniversary of the Giving of the שָׁבוּעוֹת Law on Mount Sinai. 3. ni Feast of Tabernacles. This festival is kept from the 15th to the 23rd of Tishri. On the first seven days we take our meals in a booth called Sukkah or Tabernacle, in commemoration of the wanderings of the children of Israel in the wilderness, where they could not build houses, but had to live in tents, and enjoyed the special protection of the Almighty. Tabernacles is also the Feast of Ingathering, and while singing praises to the Giver of all good things, we hold in our hands four kinds of plants: branch of palm-tree; i citron; D' myrtles; and i willows of the brook. The eighth day is called : : "Eighth day Festival;" and the ninth day is celebrated as лn "Rejoicing of the Law." We read the whole Pentateuch in the course of a year, one portion or Sidra being read every Sabbath. On the "Rejoicing of the Law" the last portion of the Pentateuch is read. (FOR STANDARDS III., IV., AND V.) There shall be seasons of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations (Lev. xxiii. 2). T: Sabbath and Festivals are called" i "the seasons of the Lord," and ppp "holy convocations." They are days appointed by the Lord and to be devoted to the Lord. On these days we assemble in places of worship for the purpose of sanctifying our lives. We celebrate Sabbath and Festivals— 1. By a general cessation from our ordinary work. NOTE.—In the Pentateuch the term "work" frequently occurs in connection with Commandments concerning Sabbath and Festivals; but no explanation is given of the meaning of the word "work." A few instances, however, are mentioned of the kind of work that is prohibited: baking, cooking, gathering manna, gathering sticks, kindling fire, carrying burdens, doing business. The Oral Law (Mishnah Sabbath, vii.) enumerates the various kinds of work or occupation that must not be engaged in on the day of rest. There is also a certain kind of work that is not directly prohibited, and yet ought not to be done on Sabbath or Festival, namely, such work as is found by our conscience to be inappropriate for the holy day. It is, e.g., no work to carry a chair from one room to another; but removing the whole furni ture from one room to another would amount to a desecration of the Sabbath. All that is prohibited on Sabbath is prohibited |