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 40 I'KAYER ON THE SABBATH AFTER A FUNERAL. 
 
 IGVPtt " O Eternal God, in whose hand is the soul of all living 
 and the spirit of all flesh, to thee we direct our eyes, whether in 
 grief or in joy; for thou dost never withdraw thy tender me: 
 from us, but dost continually sustain us with thy grace and thy truth. 
 Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we 
 will fear no evil, for thou art with us, thy rod and thy staff will be 
 our consolation. Thou, O Lord, hast been pleased to lead thy ser- 
 vant (N.N.) to the rest of everlasting life; act we beseech thee 
 towards him (her) according to thine infinite mercy, and grant 
 that his (her) portion may be in life everlasting. Protect him 
 (her) under the shadow of thy wings, so that he (she) may behold 
 the radiance of thy countenance, and exult in the plenitude of thy 
 goodness which thou hast treasured up for those who fear thee. 
 And do thou also grant that the remembrance of his (her) name 
 may prove a blessing and a comfort to those who mourn for him 
 (her) : may it incline their hearts to remain firm in their faith, and 
 to walk in the path of Piety, Justice and Virtue. Deign, O Lord, 
 to regard those who are sorrowing, and to consider their grief of 
 spirit; cheer their darkness, and bring consolation to them and to 
 every mourner in Israel. Amen. 
 
 liy N^ i<? Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy 
 moon withdraw itself; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting 
 light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended ; and it is said, 
 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you, and in 
 Jerusalem shall ye be comforted. 
 
 VOL. v.
 
 ^na ^ *5 ca : wn# to? ^?8.1 ^pn * WS2? sparrj 
 
 • DvpSiyn *»n nrw&S <n ^ a) *P98. wfotf ^^_ n$ rfc™ " t nnx 
 iS^ D«n| (njjko) ipbn |ni * ^pn n'-D (m%) isy n^y. 
 ojya niTnS Y|J3 Sv3 (JTrnpni) vtttoi) ' D'Wj© (fi^ntoi) 
 iw -dt ^ wi j f«jT^ ^s? i#tf "f^ta rta Jj&nrta *p:ia 
 pnnnS saSprn (it^ikS) vS;?n6 0$)a*Bto^ nraS (JW) 
 Ban " nnxi • on&ra Dsra np-rc nnxa roV?i nw»e5i 
 \SaK W?i DnS Dt«m D-pen D3^n nani db>sj ma nx^ 
 
 : jbk * Saw 
 iteS ^S nji; ^ >a • tjptf kS ^nn^ ^£b> niy aa; kS 
 4 Moron iax nate b*«3 • naaoi : -nSax ^ ttbeh D^iy 
 : usrort obB«n»ai Da&roK ois ?a
 
 39 BURIAL SERVICE. 
 
 DMW *iT May the fulness of peace from Heaven, life, plenty, 
 salvation, consolation, health, redemption, pardon, expiation, en- 
 largement, and freedom, be granted unto us, and to all Israel ! and 
 say ye, Amen. 
 
 nt#V May he who maketh peace in his high Heavens, grant peace 
 unto us, and all Israel ! and say ye, Amen. 
 
 PRAYER FOR MOURNERS. 
 
 I^TPM w O Lord God, who dwellest in the high and holy place, 
 and also with the humble and contrite spirit, in thee I put my trust; 
 for thou alone knowest the end of our days and the secret thoughts 
 of our hearts, and from thee proceed the decrees whether of our 
 life or of our death. Remember thou in thy goodness the soul 
 of my father (mother), which thou hast recalled to peaceful rest. 
 Thou, O Lord, didst give, and thou, O Lord, hast taken away; 
 may thy name, O Lord, be blessed. Thou who hearest prayer, I 
 implore thee, deal not with man after his deserts, for we are but 
 dust and ashes, and our days are fleeting as a shadow. Have com- 
 passion, O Lord, on thy departed servant, and ordain his (her) 
 portion to be in the region of bliss, and his (her) soul to abide in 
 the realms of everlasting life. Lift up also upon me, O God, the 
 light of thy countenance, and vouchsafe in thy grace to support and 
 to sustain me, so that I may walk before thee in rectitude and in 
 obedience to thy divine behests, and that I may die the death of 
 the righteous, and that my end be like theirs. May the words 
 of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable unto 
 thee, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. 
 
 Then say «npm b-un- page 38. 
 
 PRAYER SAID BY THE MINISTER ON THE 
 SABBATH AFTER A FUNERAL. 
 
 Dttf 2VA A good name is better than precious ointment, and the 
 day of death than the day of one's birth. Hear the end of all 
 things : Fear God, and keep his commands, for this is the great 
 duty of man. 
 
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 pn pra uh 
 
 ' nanyi • njfieh • yifen. • n^n • own p in tib& *7r 
 
 : j&k vtdki * hxrp\ Sibi 
 * Wtf* Si tyi. tt^ • DiSe? nbyitfin • vohpi dV?# nb>y 
 
 • nn Ssg*i xjrc n$ Bhnjj) ah? jib> wpfrK ^ 
 
 * uiS niftSyrn wo* rn& jnri Tpi 1 ? nnK »i \~riDi ^ 
 ng# na niur ^pipni : njefei E v !nS «*:. wd$#& fW?^ 
 &£? w. • n p^ ?.l pj V- : Qil ^ nmth nn\h i&x (*m) »sk 
 -law nsy. »i • uS SiD^n wb^Di *6 nWn $?itf : 'ifipQ *;. 
 (^x) *ik Dy nfe D'lin fjw^ ' Wtfniiy hyi) um&? 
 (wjfi&to) in&rt nvnSi. m^ffi® (njj^O) ip^n njisp nrb 
 
 ...... . .. T . T . - .. - I v r •• T . - - • • T 
 
 nbn \vzb • sjrnfiri tawo* TOW rr*q niSS ^pni 
 
 *s np« fiinS vrr : DnnrjKi *nnn« *nni Dng^ nto *0sa 
 
 : ^atim nw " tjsS *iS |i*m 
 . _. . . T . i .. T . ..(.._.. 
 
 n |fc > tp enpm bun* 
 
 mnpn -ina rotw rrcan 
 
 Sin nyj epD : nSjn Diȣ njsn nh lit: |$hq na? hd 
 -Si m »a • ii&# vnto nxi tfv D*nS«n nx • yzm 
 
 tv- ; t ; ■ v ; t; v; t V T : ' 
 
 : DiNn
 
 38 BURIAL SERVICE. 
 
 and his place doth know him no more. But the mercy of the 
 Eternal is from everlasting to everlasting to those who fear him; and 
 his righteousness unto the latest posterity. O that they had 
 wisdom that they might understand this, that they might consider 
 their latter end; for in deathman shall not take anything with him, 
 his glory shall not go down after him. Observe the simple and 
 regard the upright, for the end of such a man is peace. The Lord 
 will redeem the soul of his servants, and none who trust in him 
 shall be ashamed. 
 
 Psalm xci 
 
 "l/IDD 2W He who dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 
 High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 1 say unto 
 thee, The Lord is my refuge and my fortress, my God ! in whom 1 
 trust. He will surely deliver thee from the fowler's snare, and from 
 the destructive pestilence. He will cover thee with his pinions, and 
 under his wings shalt" thou take refuge ; his truth shall he thy shield 
 and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor 
 of the arrow which flieth by day ; nor of the pestilence which stalketh 
 in darkness; nor of the destructive heat that wasteth at noon -day. 
 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right 
 hand ; but it shall not come nigh unto thee. Thou shalt only be- 
 hold it with thine eyes, and see the retribution of the wicked. 
 Because thou hast made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most 
 High, thy strong hold. No evil shall befall thee, neither shall any 
 plague approach thy dwelling. For he will give his angels charge 
 concerning thee, to guard thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee 
 on their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. On the fierce 
 lion and asp shalt thou tread : the young lion and the dragon shalt. 
 rhou trample under foot. Because he delighted in me will I deli- 
 ver him ; 1 will exalt him because he hath known my name. When 
 he calleth upon me I will answer him : I will be with him in dis- 
 tress, I will deliver him, and grant him honour. With length of 
 days will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. 
 
 'PID/V May the great name of the Eternal be exalted, and sanc- 
 tified throughout the created world, according to his will ; may he 
 establish his kingdom, cause his redemption to spring forth, and 
 hasten the advent of his anointed, in your days, and in the days of 
 all the house of Israel, speedily ! and say ye, Amen. 
 
 [Cong.) Amen. May the name of the Lord be blessed for ever, 
 throughout all worlds. 
 
 ■fOiT May his hallowed name be praised, glorified, exalted, 
 magnified, and adored ; blessed is he, far exceeding all blessings, 
 hymns, and praises, that can be uttered in the world ! and say ye, 
 Amen.
 
 pnn pm n^ 
 
 i&an h : d*» *iiS inj?nv"! wn» Sy nSiyp « iprn. : iDipa 
 tv kS • Sin r»j?. intoa kS *a • DnnnxS wy mi &2& 
 : ub& tfitib nnna \*i -i#; nx-vi on ix> : nii3 mna 
 
 : is D^Dinn ^ sfiBW* ^ vay £>3: " mis 
 
 ♦ yvjnflpi »pne nin^ i&fc : t;iSrv he> S?3 • jvfe inoa *#v 
 : nton ni^a • &y r nsD sjSt. wn »3 : ia-nton** s rbx 
 
 nS : in&K rnniDi n-ra * norm VS33 nnro * *S ■siD'imaKa 
 
 ... , .. , . ... . v T T - - ; |T I V|T T ; V 
 
 ^j3ib • •sj^rvSeta tjtp : Dfiv ^r T fb& * rhh nnap &ryri 
 : &g vb f!?** * 13W? rayv • ^ m#9 ^ : Dnrrc ti^ 
 
 • <orv2 " nriK-ra : nann D^fch n»Wi * t^an to<je» pn 
 
 Dbin • ifnri \m bn&bn : ^i |3wV3 spajrtf ' ^x^! 
 •vhy) • toi^na n^is -rate D^iya * Sin^n to# Bhpm man* 
 
 |.._. .. TT v _. t^t t- : ~ I - : • : - - : • 
 
 Da»p;ai Dj^na ' irreto anjvi * ing^ nw • ima^a 
 : pN n?W ^ ppi nnnoi S^nip* iva Sa \»ra 
 : D'fckty 'cfety^i nSiyS • fjiafc Snan ia# »jt 
 
 ' T£invi * MMJVJ ' DpVTO * iKfiivi • nariBh • man* 
 
 n^i • D^ya Dncx3n * ninatrni • nn^ • mil bs 
 
 ... T < T . T ..... _ . •• : T : T 
 
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 37 BURIAL S Eli VICE. 
 
 WDD l^n O God, thou art the eternal Rock ; perfect is thy 
 work, for all thy ways are judgment; a God of faithfulness art thou, 
 in whom there is no iniquity: thou art Just and Righteous. O Eter- 
 nal Rock, in the perfection of thy goodness thou orderest all thy 
 dispensations, and who shall presume to say unto thee ' What workest 
 thou?' The heights and the depths acknowledge thy Sovereignty ; 
 Thou orderest death and restorest to life ; thou bringest down to the 
 grave, and bringest up. Perfect are all thy ways. O Eternal Rock, 
 thou art slow to anger and full of compassion : let then thy loving 
 kindness be over parent and child, for unto thee, O Lord ! belong 
 forgiveness and mercy. Righteous art thou, O Eternal ! both when 
 thou orderest death, and when thou restorest to life ; in thy hand is 
 the destiny of all spirits, therefore do we implore thee to let thine 
 eyes be directed towards us in mercy. We know, O Lord ! that 
 thy judgments are righteous, thou art justified in thy commands, 
 and art pure in all thy dispensations : Righteousness and Judgment 
 are the pillars of thy throne, and Grace and Truth go before thee. 
 To thee, O God ! all flesh doth look up, imploring pardon for 
 transgressions; for if Thou, O Eternal! shouldest strictly mark ini- 
 quity, O Lord! who shall be able to stand? As the shepherd 
 gathereth his sheep to the fold, so thou wilt gather us, O God, 
 to the habitation of repose. As a father hath compassion on his 
 children, so wilt thou have compassion upon us, O Lord ! Thou 
 wilt guard our going out and our coming in, and wilt take us under 
 the shadow of thy protection. The darkness of the grave will not 
 conceal us from thee; for in thy light we shall behold light. Thou, 
 O Lord ! wilt accord peace unto us, and thy faithfulness will guard 
 our spirit. Happy is he whom thou dost choose to dwell in thy 
 courts ; he will there be satisfied with the bliss of thine abode, and 
 on him, thy glory, O God, will shine resplendent. Thou, O Eter- 
 nal, wilt wipe off the tear from every cheek, and banish sorrow and 
 grief from every heart; for salvation is thine, O Lord, and with 
 thee is abundant redemption. Thou, O Lord ! didst give, and thou, 
 O Lord ! hast taken away. May thy name, O Eternal, be praised. 
 
 "TO 3 r\r\H Thou, O Lord, art mighty for ever ; it is thou who 
 revivest the dead, and art mighty to save. 
 
 Thou sustainest the living by beneficence, quickenest the dead 
 with great mercy ; supportest the fallen, and healest the sick ; 
 thou loosenest those who are in bonds, and wilt accomplish thy faith 
 unto those who sleep in the dust. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, 
 of mighty acts? Or who can be compared unto thee, O King, 
 who orderest death and restorest to life, and causest salvation to 
 spring forth? Thou art also faithful to revive the dead. Blessed 
 art thou, O Lord, who revivest the dead ! 
 
 The following Verses are read over the Grave. 
 DIN Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. 
 As for man, his days are as grass; as the blossom of the field, so 
 doth he bloom. For the wind passes over him, and he censes to be: 
 
 and
 
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 p*ro ' Siy pxi pwdk Sx • &s#D vaTi ^ *a • hvs dot tbpi 
 
 hd iS TDK' ^ * Syb Sd3 dw -iwn : win -itfn 
 
 "" t ; • t - x t ; 
 
 : bgx Sixur nnp n»PT2?:i iraa ♦ Syoni nap:? tyWn • Sysri 
 xj h\f2r\ • D*»m xta d^sx nnx • mti Sd3 dw nwn 
 nnx p*w : Qv;nini. nin^pn »;. ^ ^ • d^» ninN Sy 
 50 ym * ninn Ss fnps ttsi ns?K • nvnnSi nwS rrtjr 
 
 • sp&etfp pnx *3 V- Wj : nimps wSy DWia sp?2 
 
 ♦ <?|Kp3 fop b&tstei pnx • ^tosra nairn • ^-ma pnxn 
 
 nrix Dn^sr^i; ng>a S3 *|nj t^l ^p n ^l "Tpn 
 
 pap. pijtd : nhv\ *Q *}!*$ a; t»#? rttfte dx *3 • dtjot 
 
 Drnri ja # D\}a Sy_ ax orna * ate nuS ttxaa-i [3 * dW?& 
 
 : tiTfiDfi t^ 'wai • «mm un*« wn nnx : wSy « 
 .... - i ... T . ... .. .... . . T _ „^ r T . 
 
 nirr : nix nxnj fiixa *a • ms ifeftv xb i|#n di 
 anprfi nnajvn#x : wnn nten ^rg^xi ^S DiS^ ntoBto 
 nijT : nnrvSg nirp jimr^vaa^a yw s . • yixn p&\ 
 ^a • iS Sa Syp w t nmxi fiyi • d^s Sa bj;& njgyi r\r\& 
 : ^ninp t v d^ *n; npS n jnj j? : nna toy nanni nyv^n 
 
 SaSafc * y wS an * nnx dtij& n»n& • « aSiyS -nan nnx 
 
 * tfSai: ^£iD * 0*31 D*Drn5 d^ rvnp • nona D»»n 
 
 1 »to • nsj; »3^ inj^x D»p»Ji • d^dsi t*to ' Q^n Nsni 
 
 t D^nan n»np • « nrix •sfna * c^hd nvnnS nrix jibNji 
 
 napn Sy d^ids 
 r^3 v^ n^xna BhiK : ?Jh pbi d^d^ nxp n^« n^ nx 
 
 I t t -tv v; ^ - ; • t - 1 ; T • ; T 1 
 
 "riy 13731 xSi • i3rx) n-nnnj; nn ^ j y^; |3 nn^n 
 : laiDD
 
 3(i 
 
 PRAYER ON NAMING A GIRL. 
 
 N3 ID2H Look down from Heaven, O Lord ! and bless the Child 
 which is born unto (M. M.) and suffer her name to be called amongst 
 the Daughters of Israel (N. N.). O Eternal, in whose power it is 
 to grant health and strength to all, through thy loving kindness 
 preserve and strengthen her, and prolong her days in prosperity 
 and her years in pleasantness. Create in her, O God ! a pure heart, 
 and lead her to perfection through the path of righteousness and 
 truth ; make her father to exult in her and cause the mother who 
 bare her to rejoice in her offspring. Grant that she may be clothed 
 with piety, and adorned with an upright spirit ; and that the fear of 
 thee, O God, may be her best treasure. Amen. 
 
 BURIAL SERVICE. 
 
 Psuliu xc. 
 
 TTMu? nbsn A Prayer of Moses the man of God. — O Lord ! 
 thou hast been our refuge in all generations. Ere the moun- 
 tains were brought forth, ere thou formedst the earth and the 
 world; from eternity to eternity thou art omnipotent! Thou re- 
 ducest man to humiliation : then thou say est. Return, ye children of 
 men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, which 
 is passed ; and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away 
 as with a torrent ; they are as in a sleep : in the morning they are 
 like grass which groweth. In the morning it flourisheth, and is 
 renovated : in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. Thus are 
 we consumed by thine anger, and troubled by thy wrath. Thou hast 
 set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins before the light of thy 
 countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we 
 spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are 
 threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be four- 
 score years, yet is their increase but labour and sorrow; for it is soon 
 cut off, and we fly away. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? 
 Even as the fear of thee, so is thy wrath. So teach us to number 
 our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Return, unto us, 
 O Lord ! How long yet ? — Again have pity on thy servants. Satisfy 
 us early with thy mercy ; that we may rejoice and be glad all our 
 days. Make us rejoice according to the days wherein thou hast af- 
 flicted us, and the years, in which we only saw trouble. Let thy work 
 appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And 
 may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : and establish 
 thou the work of our hands upon us ; yea, the work of our hands 
 establish thou it ! 
 
 vol,, v. l DV2D TJSH
 
 anj^ cihsb) mk>\ *\m nan nx fni « dw p toan 
 W? rra new wnSw M : (n^s) S*ob» ntoaa rw 
 rrnto^ ata to; 'spgni nvaxi. nT&e> ^"rpna SjdS pmS 
 nSy£ nSyD nyWit d^k rb ana Tfrip aS : twraa 
 p] ' aJT^v S^ni ton na rt&j^ [y&S nbai njrrc miNa 
 : pa pnana « njsrn npnasn fiaa rrnj r\$nx tojjjd 
 
 pn pTO 
 
 ria uk n"n nnx nyis ^nx * o^Nn-B^K r\mh nWi 
 
 . TT . T T _|r- X T-; • v* t • v ; T "I 
 
 'IV- D^yon #i ?arn pM SSinrn -n^ Dnn'D^a : ttj 
 
 : Dna-^a a«8> n&Kim * Nang GPtoa a^n : Sk nnx oSiy 
 
 T T .. . | v — T - w- v . T .. T - T w 
 
 * nSf?a n^ • naj£ *a Stona ova • ^pysff d'3# ^n *a 
 
 a^ • ^rn pv* T "ipaa * ^W ^¥02 ipsa • vn; n:ie> dwtj 
 
 wniig. nn# : w^naj ^npra * ^3 ^a-*a : tfa*] ^Sifc* 
 
 w*?a ♦ ^rnaga us wp^a 'a : spjs niapb ug>^B * spak 
 
 'n'-viaia dki *n^ D^a^ Dnanww-^ : n:n iaa w:# 
 . . . . T T ^. . . ... T ...... „ j V . .. T 
 
 p yiT'V s HS3J31 s>"n ?r»a pxj ^g Darni • nj# d^ 
 aaS &raji * nin [a Wtf ni^ 1 ? : ^rnay. ^pao^ ' ^k 
 Ipaa utfa&y : ^*TSL ^ t™ 1 ! ♦ *wj ^ nfri*. nai# : npan 
 
 ♦ urvay nto^a urw : Wbj-Saa nnp^j njjr#i • ^pn 
 :Dn\:a Sy *?j-nrn ■ sjSjj ^pnas?. Sm nary, j njn w nix* 
 nb^ftJi * w^y r njiia ji^t nfc^ • ti^g u^rfeg ^nx cyi) to 
 
 : Jiniiia «*t t
 
 ■*}5 SERVICE FOR CIRCUMCISION. 
 
 WJTON , n^1 l^il 1 ^ O God, and the God of our fathers, pre- 
 serve this boy to his parents, and suffer his name to be called in Israel 
 (N. N.). Create in him, O God, a pure heart, and lead him to 
 perfection through the path of righteousness and truth ! make his 
 father to exult in him, and cause her who bare him to rejoice in 
 her offspring ! Implant in him a spirit of fervent piety, so that he 
 may keep thy Law and thy behests, and walk in thy truth, and in the 
 light of thy salvation : for thou, O Lord, dost bless the righteous, 
 with favour dost thou encompass him as with a shield. 
 
 Psalm cxxviii. 
 
 JTlbyftn "V!tf A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that 
 feareth the Lord ; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat 
 the labour of thine hands ; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well 
 with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy 
 house : thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Be- 
 hold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The 
 Lord shall bless thee out of Zion : and thou shalt see the good of 
 Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's 
 children, and peace upon Israel. 
 
 Say enjain 'nun* 
 
 REDEMPTION OF THE FIRST-BORN. 
 
 The father of the boy says, 
 
 ^2 HI This is my Son, my firstborn: and the Supreme Being 
 (blessed be He !) hath commanded us to redeem all the firstborn 
 that openeth the womb ; as it is said : "And those that are to be 
 redeemed from a month old, thou shall redeem, according to thine 
 estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs." And it is said: "Sanctify 
 unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the 
 children of Israel, both of man and of beast, it is mine." 
 
 "pim DWlfr To perform thy will, O my God, is my delight, and 
 to place thy Law within my heart. Better to me is the Law of 
 thy mouth, than abundance of gold and of silver. 
 
 nn** TTQ Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the uni- 
 verse, who hast sanctified us with thy commandments, and com- 
 manded us, concerning the redemption of the firstborn Son. 
 
 The Cohen then blesses the child, 
 
 " "J D-D" 1 May the Lord bless thee and preserve thee : May the 
 Lord cause his presence to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto 
 thee : May the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and grant 
 thee peace. Amen.
 
 rhv nna -no nS 
 
 Nij5»i isn^i V3xS njn nSjn n^ D*p wniag »nVl WTiSa 
 d*hSk iS Kna ninto aS : Oata p ^a) Sjws i£cy 
 vax is n£b>: pj&S njbNj njrre rniaa nS^p nSy : D Jina^ni 
 ^nhini fjjn niD^S hkti paj ron iaSa ;n : irnSv Sjtii 
 njvi ^ pro ^.^ finx *3 * *jg#! ntisi ^rmz t?nnn^ 
 
 Tsa jn* : varra ^iShn • rrtrr Kt-Sa ncste niSyftn -w 
 
 Sb • dSw 31D3 nx-vi jvscip njT ^pl?? ? njrv k*v "oa 
 : S*o T sr-Sy_ nbw • ynh D^a-na^i : f'ri *# 
 
 unpin b-urv 
 
 pn }Vid 
 
 IDS* pil »3K 
 
 liaa S3 nns>S njx x^ri ifni wyr\) • *on niaa *ja nj 
 
 &hp tjkji : wn rna Dnfrjj • Enpn Sp#a uh\w nmn 
 *S ™n33^i oiaa hvrp\ ^aa Drn S3 n&a iia3-Sa *S 
 
 : am 
 -rnin *S aits : >yn T|in3 ^rnirvi rasn ^'Sn *ptan nibyS 
 
 : ejcoj nn? *sS*tt? *ps 
 mi vntoa tttnp n#K • DSiyn ^Sd wii'Sk 5 nrix ^na 
 
 : |an fHfi Sy 
 
 *pS$ vjfi v nb» : 7j3nn *pS$ ^W I! ^x : TIP^ " I^W 
 
 : |JDN ♦ DiS^ fjS ofcg 
 Dan
 
 34 
 
 SERVICE FOR CIRCUMCISION. 
 
 N2H "p-Q Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord ! 
 Blessed be ye of the Lord, who made the Heavens and the Earth ! 
 
 D?iy rP"Q God has made an everlasting covenant with our 
 fathers and with us, commanding us to circumcise every male child, 
 who is eight days old, as it is written in his Law. 
 
 Genesis xvii. 9 — 14. 
 
 DM7N IQN*) And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my 
 covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 
 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy 
 seed afterthee; Every man child amongyou shall be circumcised. And 
 ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be the token 
 of the covenant between me and you. And he that is eight days 
 old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your gene- 
 rations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any 
 stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, 
 and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : 
 and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 
 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not 
 circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people ; he hath 
 broken my covenant. 
 
 * "Dl The word of the Lord is a word of truth, which He has 
 vouchsafed unto us for an everlasting possession. Because the Eter- 
 nal loved our fathers, he chose their posterity to be unto him a 
 peculiar people, to keep the way of the Lord and to do righteousness 
 and judgment. 
 
 He who performs the Circumcision says, 
 
 rmN Tl"Q Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the uni- 
 verse, who hast sanctified us with thy commandments, and com- 
 manded us concerning the circumcision ! 
 
 The father of the child then says, 
 nj"lN 1TO Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the uni- 
 verse, who hast sanctified us with thy commandments, and com- 
 manded us to initiate our children into the covenant of Abraham, 
 our ancestor ! 
 
 7V~\it *YH3 Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the uni- 
 verse, who hast preserved us alive, sustained us, and permitted us 
 to enjoy this season ! 
 
 He who performs the Circumcision says, 
 
 nJIN 1111 Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the uni- 
 verse, Creator of the fruit of the vine ! 
 
 w6h
 
 hto jt-d no 
 
 : jnsjj dw nb>'y V.^ DJ ?^ D ^na ; V. D #3 K ?S V? 
 
 ja naj Sa uS SianS ■ wiajn wton Dy ;♦ rna D^iy nna 
 
 : imina awaa ttzy n:w 
 
 t t - • t ~ : 
 
 *|jnn row wn *nna-nx nn*o DrnaN-Sa crnStf ibn»i 
 ca^ai ; ra liBBto i&k Tina nxr : DrrnS rpnx 
 D^nSny 1&2 nx dASimi : nar^a DaS Si^nn *nn« ?iy"iT pai 
 
 t? : - . T *■- : v ■■.- : itt t ».•.• t ; • \ A -.-|- 0'-: :- I,- 
 
 -Sa DaS Siz^ ow nab^-pi : Da^rai ♦ra nna nixS rvm 
 jppsp k 1 ? *p? "T?3'J| ^aa t)Da-nj|?pi rva tS: Ba^TiS TW 
 
 Da-ifc>aa ♦nna nivm ^soa nmnn^ tS* bte^Sten :wn 
 
 nmaa irtay nb>a-r\K fe-tfS n^'K -larS-iyi : oSiy nnaS 
 
 •)t ; ; ■ ; t ;*t X" ; V j <v -; T t j"*t ; |T w y ; • 
 
 : nan ♦nna-nN n^yia Ninn s^san 
 
 ton »a * nSiy ng*n^ \h *rn:n n^K n^ •w « -^ 
 Dyj? iS nvrb Dnnri.Ni Djn : ?a nna?i wniaN na an« 
 
 TO' ^mon 
 
 vrtoa wenp -rx nSiyn ^ wnSx ;♦ nm ipna 
 : n^sn Sy eki 
 
 T * " *- T ' 
 
 ■pa* pn o&o 
 
 : tt»aN nmax ^w innaa iD^anS «wi 
 
 * t t t • — v * ; * * ; — ; t ■ 
 
 : i§an na xnia nSiyn ^Jb 0^5 ♦♦ nnx ijna
 
 33 PORTION OK THE LAW FOR THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF TAMMUZ. 
 
 with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly 
 cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches 
 unto the river. Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so 
 that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out 
 of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour 
 it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : look down from 
 heaven, and behold, and visit this vine ; and the vineyard which thy 
 right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for 
 thyself. It is burned with fire, it is cut down : they perish at the 
 rebuke of thy countenance. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy 
 right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thy- 
 self. So will not we go back from thee : quicken us, and we will 
 call upon thy name. Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause 
 thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved. 
 
 Say yM3 »m Vol. I. p. 19, until rrnnn irvn p. 20. 
 
 Portion of the Law for the Seventeenth Day of Tammuz. 
 Deuteronomy xxx. 15 — 20. 
 
 Vl-TO nN~> See, I have set before thee this day life and good, 
 and death and evil ; in that I command thee this day to love the 
 Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments 
 and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and mul- 
 tiply ; and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither 
 thou goest to possess it. But if thy heart turn away, so that thou 
 wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and 
 serve them ; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely 
 perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither 
 thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and 
 earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life 
 and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both 
 thou and thy seed may live : that thou mayest love the Lord thy 
 God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest 
 cleave unto him ; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days : that 
 thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 
 to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 
 
 After the reading of the law, the minister says, — 
 
 1112 Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the universe, 
 who hast given us the law of truth, and planted eternal life within 
 us ! Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast given the law ! 
 
 Then say "^n Vol. I. p. 20, until the end of the Morning Service.
 
 nana ivy nyat?S nimn nxnp A 
 
 inr^i • D*-ny nn^p nWn : ^k-tw rrs:yi • nW onn 
 
 T T V ; T "■ T V * (J - - ; " ; - TV V*—- T ■ • T 
 
 ruaDirr : ^tt natrSa nnxi • nn-n mne heS : n^nipjv 
 
 < T *•' : : ~ : I ■•■ T ■• ; ' T T T I T •.-••; t ; ~T t t T ■•■ I : I 
 
 D3n &o-a*i# nixax avfew : nap* HP rn • n> N a inn 
 spja >*n ♦ m*#n nixa? tz^nSx rrtrp : k^m ^ai 
 
 nana -e<y nya^S nninn n«np 
 -nxi rosn-nKi aterrnxi D^nrrnx ai*n Vififc ^nnj nan 
 
 VVT - V : A - V : V - |- V - I ••• T ; • <- T •• ; 
 
 TnSx nin^-n&t nan^S ai*n %*d *aw x>k : jnn 
 n % iro n^m VBSto vnpm vnte -ibB^i va-na na^S 
 
 t • t ; t i- t ; at t ; • vt | \ ; <t ; • ■) : • : t t ; ?jv t 
 
 ■qxi : nneh 1 ? n&srNa nnK-ntfK pxa wi^w nin^ ^anai 
 
 • ; |T ; • ; tu t it - ■: — . I vt t I v v; jt j | ; -(•■ 
 
 onnx u s rhvb nnnn^m nnui yoeri nSi TiaaS ros* 
 
 »■--: y I- T.)-- :r : r : t : -■ ; "at ; • j : v| :| t- ,.-,• . 
 
 bw pnan-x 1 ? tnaxn nax »a ai»n baS mi : amajn 
 
 •t l<-., - : r 1 I a" 1 v t ,• - -t • :<- • it ; - -;|- 
 
 : npvrb rw NiaS mww nay nnx n^x HD-Ktn- 1 ^ 
 
 |t ; •; tit / t I •• : v " w <t - v -; t t -;jt *■- 
 
 wo h\sni D«nn pan-ntfi Dw'n-nx ai»n naa »rfiyn 
 
 • J- r V T - ; <■ - \- I V T T V ; -J- T - V - JV T *• f 
 
 i win nnx n^nn \yth Q^na nnnai nfArni naian vkb 
 
 n v : - : ' t ~ vv : r ir~*~: ~~r T :"i T « tt |:- : vt T; - I ••• T : 
 
 T ; n np <a ia-npanSi iSpa ybvih wrbx ni'rrnN nanxS 
 
 I v- < j- a |»: t; v l *- 1 ; ■ \ ■■;; jt : •.• t -|- \ 
 
 onna^S Tna*6 nin^ van n^x nbnxn-Sy na^S tj^ -h-ini 
 
 ■jt t : - ; I jv -;|- st : " ~ : • " - : t t-;|t '- TJV t I vt I v j : 
 
 : urh nnS apy^ pnvh 
 
 ivt r- t |v-:r: | <t : - 
 -ma s linn nx-ipn ^^K^ 
 
 * nm rrfin nh \r\: im • oSiyn ^ wti^n « nnx ^na 
 : niinn jnia • *; nn« -rjna * uain} ybi D^iy »rn 
 
 mnu' n?sp b^id iy 'a «jn '* pbn nu-x
 
 32 
 
 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE SEVENTEENTH 
 DAY OF TAMMUZ. 
 
 Say the ordinal y Morning Service, Vol.1, p. 1, until the end of the Amidah p. 19. 
 
 7^")^ ^TVit * O Lord God of Israel, turn from thy sore displea- 
 sure; and repent concerning the evil to thy people. 
 
 nSICOttf " O Lord ! death has fearfully ravaged Zion, and the 
 crown of her glory is crushed and destroyed. The ruthless stranger 
 has been exceedingly cruel ; and in his rage has kindled a fire and 
 burned up the gates of the daughter of Zion. The holy house was 
 spoiled by the cruel race of Edom, and Zion became a prey to the 
 devouring flames. When Jerusalem heard the voice of the de- 
 stroyer, she grew faint, and lamented. ' How,' cried she, ' hath the 
 Eternal, in his anger, covered with a cloud the daughter of Zion !' 
 Verily we lament, and raise our hands in despair, when we remember 
 Zion. By reason of our transgressions, we were broken and up- 
 rooted; and they who carried us away into captivity, said to us, 
 ' Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.' Because of our manifold 
 sins we have been exiled from our land ; but we hope in thee, 
 O God, who wilt yet be a salvation unto Zion. Thou art He 
 who wilt comfort Judah and Ephraim, and build up the walls of 
 Jerusalem, and wilt in thy loving kindness deal graciously with Zion. 
 O cause us speedily to hear the voice of him who bringeth good 
 tidings to the people that were sold for nought — saying, ' Cry aloud 
 and shout for joy, O thou inhabitant of Zion.' Hasten, O God of 
 mercy, the fulfilment of thy consoling promise; and we shall be 
 like those who are awakened from a dream, when thou, Eternal 
 Lord, shalt bring back the captivity of Zion. 
 
 Psalm lxxx. 
 
 n}£JE7 To the Chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A 
 Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest 
 Joseph like a flock ; thou that dwellest betiveen the cherubim, shine 
 forth. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy 
 strength, and come and save us. Turn us again, O God, and cause thy 
 face to shine ; and we shall be saved. O Lord God of hosts, how long 
 wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people ? Thou feedest 
 them with the bread of tears ; and givest them tears to drink in 
 great measure. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours : and 
 our enemies laugh among themselves. Turn us again, O God of 
 hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Thou 
 hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, 
 and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it 
 to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered 
 
 vol. v. k wit 1 1
 
 :t3'> *p m s Dy t)iD iy 'n tp '* pbn nnnw nbsn D^bsnra 
 
 . • | . . . ~:" t ): vt • t -; t t; 
 
 rtax nan :}ta ete ran twm rw Ta *nnS rm 
 na m tfra isxa ay ny« • nMr Sip n$3#a * rttow 
 uwjn : |i>v nx Jirpra ♦ naj p)a Sk cpi * njaj nba : p*v 
 : |i»v "W ^ w# • wiw wfx$ nw *| • wjte lawnt? 
 ttjiijj; aha : fine idxw • « *w n^ "veto ^k • *jty ^13 ten 
 on: : ft»x y w dti^m *a • tt^rr narSaai • uSao nta Siy 
 Whra naw * d^it niftin rmm • d*-is*o rrwv Dmn 
 'Srre ' rryap qjin Di*6 • rnrta jwn ira? Sip : ji*v na 
 • D^pVn?) wy\ t*o * D^m jinn to jvSjj : ji*v natfv 713 
 
 J"WKn ' Sanfe^ nyh j iiDp c|DkS nny • wygvrhx mxh 
 1 onsN >W? : ny;sin D^nan a^ • s|pv |N*a jsrji 
 D^riSa : ttS nnj^S n:ta ■ ^rniarnj* nvity n^op^ pyai 
 wny * rtax D*nSa nirr : nyra tjs nam * uaw 
 
 Q^n'Sx : te^sj?! ^5^1 * my*? 1 ? [in? ^bft : B^p 
 
 T I •■'-T •• - ; - T V T T - ; T V T ; T • • r'VI '"
 
 31 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE TENTH DAY OF TEBETH. 
 
 Psalm xliv. 
 ni^Q 1 ? To THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, MaSCHIL, FOR THE SONS OF 
 
 Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have 
 told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 
 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst 
 them ; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. For 
 they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did 
 their arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the 
 light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. 
 Thou art my King, O God : command deliverances for Jacob. 
 Through thee will we push down our enemies : through thy name 
 will we tread them under that rise up against us. For I will not 
 trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast 
 saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that 
 hated us. In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name 
 for ever. Selah. But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame ; 
 and goest not forth with our armies. Thou makest us to turn back 
 from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 
 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scat- 
 tered us among the heathen. Thou sellest thy people for nought, 
 and thou reapest no gain by their price. Thou makest us a 
 reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that 
 are round about us. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, 
 a shaking of the head among the people. My confusion is con- 
 tinually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me ; for 
 the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth ; by reason of 
 the enemy and avenger. All this is come upon us ; yet have we 
 not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely with thy covenant. 
 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from 
 thy way ; though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, 
 and covered us with the shadow of death. If we have forgotten 
 the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god, 
 shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the 
 heart. Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long ; we are 
 counted as sheep for the slaughter. Awake, why sleepest thou, O 
 Lord ? Arise, cast us not off for ever. Wherefore hidest thou thy 
 face and forgettest our affliction and our oppression ? For our soul 
 is bowed down to the dust : our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 
 Arise and help us, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. 
 
 Say from nwN Vol. I. p. 20 until the end of the Morning Service. 
 
 Say
 
 natoa mwyh mnB> nS 
 
 uttdk ujw ti^raa ' dtiSk : ^ri&n rnjr^aS n^p 1 ? 
 1 vr ■ r\m : mp wa Drroa n^ys Sys • lAneo 
 
 | ;|T T - v|v •• • V ■■ • T ;~-T *- T 
 
 djto kS ' *$ : DpWfll D^ 1 ? ynn * DJW1 W"iin d^ 
 *a spjfi nixi ^hn *p&r*a ^ ny;&>irr*6 D#nfl n?"^1! 
 f[3 : ape. ni^l nrc * cartas 4 ^ Ntfrmjg : DnT! 
 ♦aim * nDnx wpa «S *a : Wfy Diaj ^fffy ' m^ wnx 
 D^ritaa : nitran wwra • wrxa ttpy#in ^ : »a#toi k 1 ? 
 
 • wa^afii ?nij-ft|N : hSd rnti D^iyV 1 *|&?Bh • dvh-Sd o^n 
 !id^ wwtoi * iy*#? linx aytfj-i : wniaqxa axrrj&i 
 
 * firr*6a ^ajriaibfi : ttnnt Diaai ' ^d |*«Kf wjw? : i&S 
 D^j5j jyS ' WJa^ 1 ? nsin uwn : nrriTOa jyava6i 
 Dvn-^i : dW?3 B^N-rrta? 4 D:iaa ^b wtyfetfj nrrna'ap 1 ? 
 a?iK ^sd * ppfifti ppnp top? : ^r©a *is r>E>ai * ^ wSa 
 : fjrviaa tt1j3#"tfto : * 7&qa# *&) unxa nxr^a : Djami 
 Dippa wiyai ^ : ^rna ^ tfTjBte torn * «aS iinx tor** 1 ? 
 fchB5i * wrfcs? de> ttna#-DK : njD^a wSg dm ♦ o^n 
 niD^yri jn* surra nat-ipy. d^hSk abn j it SkS w*bi 
 1 jrjy : nrntD j*&a m&Ttt • Dvrrba i^iin sp^jj-*^ : aS 
 
 • ; - | V T T T - V T - ; • - T I • T T -J I ~ T T 
 
 paS npai * ws: ifiyb nn^ *a : uxnto wjy hagfa 
 
 | V T T | T ; T " ; - T 'TV T T " -J — J •• -ft - ; 
 
 : ^pn \ybb m^i * «^ nrnjy niaip : u;t?a 
 
 :nnnif nbsn epD ly 'a «p 'n P^n -iu-k 
 
 a'bbsno
 
 30 PORTION OF THE PROPHETS FOR THE FAST OF GEDALIAH. 
 
 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the 
 forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he 
 had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, 
 after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty 
 men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, 
 whom he had brought again from Gibeon ; and they departed, and 
 dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go 
 to enter into Egypt, because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid 
 of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah 
 the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in 
 the land. 
 
 Then say the Blessings after the portion of the Prophets, Vol. V. pp. 22, 23 : 
 after which "Wx Vol. I. p. 20 to the end of the Morning Service. 
 
 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE TENTH DAY 
 OF TEBETH. 
 
 Say the Ordinary Morning Service, Vol. I. p. 1 until rrnnn irro ibid. p. 20. 
 
 The Portion of the Law for the Tenth day of Tebeth is the same as that for the 
 
 Afternoon Service of the Ninth day of Ab (see Vol. V. pp. 20, 21). 
 
 O Lord God of Israel ! turn from thy hot displeasure, and repent 
 of the evil concerning thy people. 
 
 O Lord, I deeply deplore the day on which the king of Babylon 
 approached Jerusalem to besiege it ; when in the greatness of his pride 
 he spread his armies before the holy city, when his right hand was like 
 an enchantment against Zion, and when those who were engaged in 
 pious works, poured forth their blood like water in the streets of 
 Jerusalem. He made me faint and dreary when he brought low 
 the majesty of Judah, and destroyed the excellency of Jerusalem. 
 He overthrew the tower, and laid the canopy in the dust ; he kin- 
 dled a fire in Zion which devoured her palaces ; he stirred up the 
 Assyrians against my children, on the day that the Lord brought 
 calamity to the gates of Jerusalem. Consider, O Eternal, my 
 distresses, for I look in vain around for help; mine enemy hath 
 pressed sorely upon me, and Zion hath become a ruin. We have 
 patiently waited that our wounds might be healed, but, alas ! 
 anguish is yet upon us. O Lord ! how long shall it be ere thou wilt 
 turn in compassion to Zion ? 
 
 O Lord God of Israel ! turn from thy hot displeasure, and repent 
 of the evil concerning thy people.
 
 -b nx inx-i^x D^nn nlrtai rnp-|n nnv n&»i : nog 
 
 t J- • v -; J-t-;|- s"T t ; - "It I v |tt | | I I "- 
 
 HBwarrtB rpjnrp War rwa teti -ib>k byn rmx# 
 Mfti nbrfasn mx D*^ Dp*nx-p n^na-na ron nnx 
 on&3 rvnaa ob^ d^i : mnaa n^n n^N rariDi to 
 *3 D^an vdb : onro xnb roSS dhS rva Wtn 
 
 r • ; — ■• ; • * l T : " ' t «••• t vat j- v^ -1 •.- -; 
 
 oirnx-p vrWrw rnnra Wo^ nirra Drr:&& wtt 
 
 |t • ": I v t; -; v t; - : I v j" t ; • t • (■ /,:■ " i ' I :|t 
 
 'k pbn 'iifK 13 -inm ■ :'a -m po -iy a'3 *p 'n p"?ra D^ajn rmnp -inn roia 
 •. nnnitf nbsn ^id ii; 'a «p 
 
 rotas may*? rmrw 
 
 : '3 t)T mmn imj -iy 'k tp 'x p"?n rvinw n'jsn 
 k*3t "3 hi "n pbn 3N3 nyun 1 ? nnsna i03 roiaa mwj/ 1 ? mw nKnp 
 
 : ^y_S nynn Sy_ oron} • ^sx fhqo n^ • Sxn^. \nSx » 
 
 : pSg*n\ Sx * Vnii ^§ ^od dv -S^x Ss ^xnp ♦air. • » 
 : oSb*its nopn rvn town* • uixj myi • Won Tnyn 
 
 •t t v|v- tt : t»«: - : •".-;•.• 
 
 nil : tbmv nin^D ♦ Ma d&i u&0 ' dw roxSo wi 
 
 t t -t t ; • ; . - - T T . lT • - t v v ; » r . 
 
 : dS^t pxa nxi • rrjur px-i na* iirntfttt • rrjripffl ^rp 
 ntox rfaao rt*^ ^x-nri * nnsx Swm ^^ ^sn 
 
 : ; - t ; t ; i • ; •• ••• — i : . . t; 
 
 nS^3 *3 •-fflr % Sy »^«i 'W my dsx »a nxn : tb&rv 
 on-in xS • nnx ^np nyi * nnn» nan^ n^^nn uSrr j d^*.; 
 
 : dSbHh» nx 
 
 •t t ; 
 
 i ^y. 1 ? J-ijnn Sy Dn|ni ^sx |hrja iw Sxn^: ^nSx «
 
 29 PORTIOxN FO THE PROPHETS FOR THE FAST OF GEDALIAH. 
 
 men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
 the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king 
 of Babylon had made governor over the land. Ishmael also slew 
 all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, 
 and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. 
 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and 
 no man knew it; that there came certain men from Shechem, from 
 Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards 
 shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with 
 offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of 
 the Lord. And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from 
 Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went : and it came 
 to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the 
 son of Ahikam. And it was so, when they came into the midst of 
 the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast 
 them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. 
 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay 
 us not : for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, 
 and of oil, and of honey : so he forbare, and slew them not among 
 their brethren. Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead 
 bodies of the men whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was that 
 which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel : 
 and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. 
 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people 
 that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people 
 that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
 guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael 
 the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to 
 go over to the Ammonites. 
 
 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of 
 the forces that ivere with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the 
 son of Nethaniah had done, then they took all the men, and went 
 to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the 
 great waters that are in Gibeon. Now it came to pass, that when 
 all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of 
 Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then 
 they were glad. So all the people that Ishmael had carried away 
 captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Jo- 
 hanan the son of Kareah. But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah 
 escaped *from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. 
 
 Then
 
 rrhn* nixb Dwaan nmp &a 
 
 n&\ ym$ [S#-|a DjrnK^jg vtVi*tm* ^ Sm vn-xte 
 *Vr*te Dnwr^a nxi : pxa Sn -nSs Tpfin-TBta infc 
 
 TV-; ;- t j- : | V|T t v.v t I v|v \r: ' •• -. A 
 
 -nx DBhwttag "Ste D^^sn-nKi r\smz \nh^ m m inx 
 -nx nw? ^m Di'a *m : ; ?aTO$ , nsn n6nS»n 'tsbM 
 ih»ra iSfc^ oi^b Dmx ^in : yr xS tfw irvS-u 
 toia^i nrm ominai onia *jn»i ?p, *h^d 0*k trobtf 
 
 t ; <t ; • a- : i : • vt; /••••.!: 1 1)" >•• ; \; • j- 
 
 -p bnsnpb ffwria ^mtdbsh xri j nirr rva x^nnS ora 
 uia orvSx tox*. nnx mzi ; m ppai TjSn •An nstf&n 
 ^xiw* DtiriB*, tot TirrSx oxaa *n*i : cp^nx-p irvSnrSx 
 
 <•• t ; • ■• t ; • - ' t | j v V t : • ;- ||T • -: I ■■ it] -j 
 
 d^x rrifc>jn : inx-i&yx cmxm wn niiin to-Sx rrorq-ja 
 
 • t -; t t *-- i • v - : I" t -; (T : v - I J " » : - : I • 
 
 fa*jbtDD ttW^a ^non-^x ^»fiB^« roft oaiwfai 
 
 : - <t vi' •• • : - *"t : ■ s < : i- t : : 
 
 ipna QTOn xj?i b%Tj Bjyp fg$ Dny^i dw nib? 
 Mbxn naar^a ' nx Wdb* de> T^Gfri *x'x niani : Drvnx 
 
 • T -;|t J" ; • T J" *• T ; • <T I • v -; -; |. 
 
 N^ys 'jfio xbx ifen nb>j; -ltfx wh vi^HirTa nan iBte 
 
 jt '; - v" ; • t t I vjv - x *t <v -; t ; - ; - ; t ■;• 
 
 fagn-^a-riNi ^hm riba-na. n$v#3 ngte Dgn n^^aTHj 
 
 w^rnx Dratrri h^T?? r P^ T8^ n ^ 5 D TSP1 
 
 narr^a nx \m into uhm nfer^ai nhp-p i;nv, j^?h 
 
 'tt|t t ^- A • -iv -; v t-;|- j-T t ; - "It I . Ut t | 
 
 . r ._ . T -;j T T V |!'~ |T: - ; I V \"T ; T T J. 
 
 prijjjrii j^nv^nx Sxj).5^\-nx n^x bgn- 1 ?? nix^ TO • IttpM5 
 -n^x oyn-b bB»i : in^n inx im D^nn OP^I n ^ 1 
 j imna nnv-^x 6^1 bih nsvon-p Sxyto^^ nae* 
 
 - |"|t I v Utt i v ;j— \ T" AT ; ■ 1 it; ' t 
 
 ^a-^x ib*) nnv ^sib d^:x n±^3 dSd: n^nrp ^a^i
 
 *28 PORTION OF THE PROPHETS FOR THE FAST OF GEDALIAH. 
 
 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, 
 even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made 
 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had com- 
 mitted unto him men, and women, and children, and had appointed 
 him over the poor of the land, and over them that were not carried 
 away captive to Babylon ; then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 
 even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the 
 sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons 
 of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, 
 they and their men. And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of 
 Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to 
 serve the Chaldeans : dwell in the land, and serve the king of Ba- 
 bylon, and it shall be well with you. As for me, behold, I will 
 dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us : 
 but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in 
 your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. Likewise 
 when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, 
 and in Edom, and that ivere in all the countries, heard that the 
 king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set 
 over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan ; even 
 all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, 
 and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and 
 gathered wine and summer fruits very much. 
 
 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the 
 forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, and 
 said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the 
 Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee ? 
 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. Then Joha- 
 nan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, 
 saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of 
 Nethaniah, and no man shall know it : wherefore should he slay 
 thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scat- 
 tered, and the remnant in Judah perish ? But Gedaliah the son of 
 Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do 
 this thing : for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. 
 
 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son 
 of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes 
 of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son 
 of Ahikam to Mizpah ; and there they did eat bread together in 
 Mizpah. Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten 
 
 vol. v. i men
 
 n*rra nwh owaan nmp na 
 
 im tffyrp nfe^a 5^?i : pxa anxt?an Dj;n ■spna imt* 
 Dp»r»rp ynfanamtt hitthp Tpsrra Drr^axi n»n rrifca 
 i#xp pxn nWfl *pl wai tptfaas inx Tjjsn ' »yi pjjg 
 Wana-p hyn&\ nrsxian rrSnr^x Nton : nSaa tan-xS 
 
 ▼ . - : IV J" t ; • ; tat ; • - IT ; -; v it- t |v i v ; t i 
 
 Wan raban ^fy ' *aai nman-p rnfei rnjr*aa tnaft ranvi 
 
 T :~ I" • T | ; - j- «• j" ; v \ ; - I v tt ; - "|t |" ; |jt t i; |jtt | j 
 
 ■ja Djjr»rp Wjrra anS 5?ig?»i : qpneton n»n »na^n-ja 
 
 pija q# DHb'in niaj^ wTfi-Sx ibx 1 ? ejpftg^ js# 
 nbyS nixaa a^ <aan ^axi : Da 1 ? ata^i Saa "n^a-nx najn 
 tia(h pf\ fpi |1! tepx daki «£m *t£ *iEte D^an rasS 
 -i^x o^jrrr^a qai. : awsrriBte qan^a DEft aa^aa 
 1 rna-»a wetf ninxn-Saa -i^xi Diixai najraaaii ' axioa 
 
 Is - t |- ' ; |t t-;|t t ; <v -;|- v;|v I **" I" : • jt : 
 
 Dp»n«-ra vrW-na an^y n^psn *ai rrtn^ rvw hxarito 
 
 \it • - I V <.r : ~ ; v v ••*-; | r ; • • ; at |- v •• : }V t ):■ \:- 
 
 n$y) DBhrna new hiapjan-Saa D*w*rr^a wn : pp-p 
 
 ST" T ;■ jv -; |. ; - t ■ • ; - X J \T~ M T T ' V 
 
 : nxa nann p*si n isox-n nnsxan m^nrSx rrravTTK 
 
 i : »••:-! -|v-t l-i- 5 : -i — tat : • - vt : - : v )t ; | »i» 
 
 in^nrSx wa m&a nsrx o^nn nfcr^ai nnp-p janin 
 
 vt; -• v jt avt - av -; v t-;|- j- t t; - "|t I v |tt | ; 
 
 pia^aa n^g ' D^sp p r p_n ftn vS'« np k x-n : nn|van 
 
 vt : - ; ••• t i j- v;|v | : v a t vl : i - : t ; - ; iv j-T ; • •„• - T 
 
 n^sS ns^jpa nntb 5n^r|-^ npg nnp-ja pnn : Djp;n^-ja 
 
 r^y rush jn» «S b^w n*ana-p ^ya^^-nx nsxi so n^s % 
 
 tjv - isr 'at -- j v ; t; - : |v a- t : • v • - : T t : <••, 
 
 : ntirr rm«# maw ^^n o^apan rn^n^Sa »£ai tysa 
 
 it ; a . .. . vt : it ; | v •• j- t ) . • - T ; T T . 
 
 : ^syD^^-Sx nan nnx npttha n-in nann 
 
 |" T ; • V V IT - |V.)V |- AV- -IT T~ 
 
 nnsmn ddtin-p ^n^nrSx inx d*^a« n-i^yi nS»n *aii 
 
 tat; •- |vt • -; |v it ; -; v .) • r T -; tt -;|- |v v - ;■■ -; 
 
 1 o^axn rrm) n»ana-p Sx^' bp*i : nseossa nn^ anS d^ ^ax»i 
 
 j- t-;|t vis - :r t : -; | v *«t ; • |tt- |t : • ,- vt ; - v.y.- it ;
 
 '21 PORTION OF THE LAW FOR THE FAST OF GEDALIAH. 
 
 earth to record against them. For I know that after my death ye 
 will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I 
 have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; 
 because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to 
 anger through the work of your hands. 
 
 After reading the law, the minister says, — 
 
 "JVn Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, who hast given us the 
 law of truth, and planted eternal life within us ! Blessed art thou, 
 O Lord, who hast given the law ! 
 
 Before the reading of the Portion of the Prophets, the following is said, — 
 
 "]M2 Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the universe, 
 who hast selected faithful prophets, and hast delighted in their 
 words, spoken in truth ! Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast chosen 
 the law, thy servant Moses, thy people Israel, and thy true and 
 righteous prophets ! 
 
 Portion of the Prophets for the Fast of Gedaliah. 
 
 Jeremiah xl. & xli. 
 
 121H The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after 
 that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from 
 Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all 
 that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which 
 were carried away captive unto Babylon. And the captain of 
 the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God 
 hath pronounced this evil upon this place. Now the Lord hath 
 brought it, and done according as he hath said : because ye have 
 sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore 
 this thing is come upon you. And now, behold, I loose thee this 
 day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good 
 unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come ; and I will look 
 well unto thee : but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into 
 Babylon, forbear : behold, all the land is before thee : whither it 
 seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. Now 
 while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah 
 the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon 
 hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him 
 among the people : or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto 
 thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a 
 reward, and let him go. Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the 
 son of Ahikam to Mizpah ; and dwelt with him among the people 
 that were left in the land. 
 
 Now
 
 nVu DttS nifinn nxnp » 
 
 -|tt Dj-nDi phriEto nn^rra ; nia nm »j^* *a t pjKn 
 
 dvd»h rnnxa ninn aanx nxnpi oanx tmx *i$x trh 
 
 : d^t n^pa iD^anb rijrv ^ya nn-nx ^n-*| 
 
 ♦ nnx rnin wS jro i^x * Dbiyn ^ wrfcx *;. nnx ipa 
 : rnirn pia • \\ r\m ipna * tiaina y&j nbiy »cn 
 
 "PIT D'K»33n nK-ip mip 
 
 rata dtw ina -i#x oSiyn •s^g wnSx » nnx ipa 
 nrrian • " nnx ^na : noxa D^iaxan crr-ona mm 
 
 •• t; t - J t v v; |v -t vjv - •■"■•;•; t t; 
 
 j p-rcni nibxri wwi tog bxnjra nny_ njta^ rnima 
 
 pannsa irix nW'nnx rfop nx£ taw-^x nn n£>x tnn 
 b<prxa wx-xim ihx innpa hdttjd D^nacrai 
 
 I • • it ^t i: j:|": at » it | • v r - 
 
 D^natra-i nan : nbaa D^an nnw bf»*n* ntaH?a Tiina 
 
 «.»t- - |i— t|-.t v : \- r f — t i: <t t | ; 
 
 -bx nxtn ninn-nx San Tri^K nin* v9x n$x»i inwb 
 
 jt t|t v v • | v v; jt ; t ■• v j- at ; ;• : 
 
 HirrS Dnx&rra nan ntyxa nin* wi xa*i . mn Dipten 
 Tnnns ' nan nnyi : nm nan° oabn™ ibipa any^-xbi 
 baa *nx xiab spfES aiti-Dx sq^R. n#x b*j5Txn-p avn 
 Sin baa wxiaS ma yroxi T'Jy ; j^-nx d^xi xa 
 n^ir naSS T^ya n^n-^xi afi-Sx ^i^sb pxn-^a nxi 
 
 tvt %•;■.• t | ■>•; '•• ; st t - v ; v I v t ; | vjt t t •• ; 
 
 Tx js^-ja D^nx-p n;Sn_rbx nabn .ai^;-xS ^niyi : ^S 
 ~hs~h$ ix djjh ^jina inx aj?n m^n^. »jsja ^a-^p n^psn 
 nxto nn^ix Q^nato-ai iS-?n^ ^S na^S ti^^ya i^ is n 
 
 V ; - IT \ -; JT X - " S 1 V •- | A" VVVT |}v "• ; JT T - 
 
 a#»i nnaittsn op^nx-p n^nrSx vi^opv xa»i : inn^^ 
 
 -.•<•— t/.t ; ■ - |\T " -j I v ;t; -;_ v -Jt; ;• IT- |" ; - :|- 
 
 inx "Q^n °
 
 26 PORTION OF THE LAW FOR THE FAST OF GEDALIAH. 
 
 congregation. And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar 
 of a cloud : and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the 
 tabernacle. 
 
 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy 
 fathers ; and this people will rise up, and go astray after the 
 gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among 
 them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have 
 made with them. Then my anger shall be kindled against 
 them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face 
 from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles 
 shall befall them ; so that they will say in that day, Are not these 
 evils come upon us, because our God is not among us ? And I will 
 surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall 
 have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. Now there- 
 fore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel : 
 put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me 
 against the children of Israel. For when I shall have brought them 
 into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with 
 milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, 
 and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, 
 and provoke me, and break my covenant. And it shall come to 
 pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song 
 shall testify against them as a witness ; for it shall not be forgotten 
 out of the mouths of their seed : for I know their imagination which 
 they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land 
 which I sware. 
 
 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the 
 children of Israel. And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, 
 and said, Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt bring the 
 children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them : and I will 
 be with thee. 
 
 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing 
 the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Mo- 
 ses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of 
 the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side 
 of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be 
 there for a witness against thee. For I know thy rebellion, and 
 thy stiff neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye 
 have been rebellious against the Lord ; and how much more after 
 my death ? 
 
 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, 
 that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and 
 
 earth
 
 ($n "nag nbsjji |jy tiis^i hrws nirr xti : n#a Snjja 
 HsBhtt win iBte pKir*iM vfot ' nn« ' run nin oyn 
 
 T T T < v -; I V T T -|- J" V; J™ ;|- jtt : V - *r T 
 
 in *3N rnrn : Sm »rn| iBte ^nnrnx nsrri ^njy\ iinpa 
 vij*¥»i bxj? ?vrn briE 33 'lihfoprn oratsii KHrrota 
 fcfo* p*r*3 Sr x^n wirin Di*3 tdw nra nisn nip 
 D5>3 \ja Tnox nrion ♦:£**] : nWi nipn ^n*& »inp3 
 
 |. .. -. v . •„•; V T T J- AT W T JV - : \T T|T T »J- 
 
 ptw birife*"»JaTK ptoSi nx-in rrrosfrrnK nib oro nnyi 
 
 jt V t; • |" ; v ;t ; - ; - jt • — v v t < ; ■ t "- ; 
 
 **a : Sn&r *ia nyS nxn rrv»ri ^-rrfin rab 1 ? ditm 
 
 ,. i- t ; • #•• ; • v ; > - it • - • ■-• ■• |- I*- - : A v • : 
 
 hsx) tfyvi bbn m? vnhxS 'Ftys&ir&H ' nft-rxn-Stf ux^x 
 
 |- ▼ ; - ; t t <- t t -;|- • ';i- ; - v -; jt t -;|t v v • -• 
 
 *ns ism »3WK3i oriayi Dnnx D*ftW*?« ruai jbhi pfcn 
 nwn nrojjf nViyi nisi nijn ink [tfii&rrj? njtf : »p 
 w-rix wt »a ijn? *sa rorin xS *a nyS naS nwn 
 
 : Vffl|#3 1$te HSO"^ ^*5S D TS£ Qi| ** ^ ^0 ^ 
 : Sxn&r »ia-n« ittb^i Munn Di»a nxn nw'rrnx n^ ahon 
 
 I" t; • j- ; v vt ; - ;|- A - ± - \- it ■ - v JV / ;•- 
 
 1 »n*i : to n^n« ^1 cnS ynya^rn^N pxn-S« hunter 
 
 j. .- ||t'- |V ; (» v I' : av t • »\i- ; • v -; I vvt t v •• r ; • 
 
 5 nsn 13; n3D-Sy n^n-nniMn mrnx nhD^ rra nibs 
 
 it •.. -v- va- ''- v - it - /•• : ■ •■■ 5 : • -• 1 - : 
 
 ™ nth : nbtfS rrtn^nna nnx w: DhSn-nx ntr^ ivn 
 D^ri^x nin^-nnn |in« ixd inx Dnoan nin rninn isd 
 
 a- |t - v| ; ."t v : | : : •.• v • *• -t *• \t j- f» : v| ; iT T |t : 
 
 ^D^"*? ^- ^JITTER ^O'D 0*3^3 Q i*L) D5*|J? '6 ^1^3 ID 
 manw da^iafch oanaa^ *3pH?annK ^s* jhan ; *niD 
 
 jt : — ; r a- - ■• : 1 : >■■■• ■■ : i"J: - t v y - %• |: - r 
 
 -n^i Dwn-n« m nTy$o n^n Q^nin nx nn^T^n 
 j pxn
 
 '25 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 I will offer my Prayer unto thee, O Lord ! in an acceptable 
 time : in thine abundant mercy. O God ! answer me in the truth 
 of thy salvation. 
 
 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his 
 salvation. 
 
 I have trusted in thy mercy ; therefore shall my heart rejoice in 
 thy salvation. 
 
 I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully 
 with me. 
 
 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do ; defer 
 not, for thine own sake, O my God : for thy city and thy people 
 are called by thy name. 
 
 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned ; renew 
 our days as of old. 
 
 Wl7N * DF"0 Comfort, O Lord, our God ! the mourners of Zion, 
 and the mourners of Jerusalem, the city that is mournful, laid waste, 
 despised and desolate; mournful for her children; laid waste of all 
 her dwellings; despised from being bereft of her glory; and desolate, 
 without inhabitants; she sitteth with her head covered, like a barren 
 woman that beareth not. She is overwhelmed with sorrow, because 
 her inheritors are idolaters, who smote thy people Israel with the 
 sword, and wantonly slew the pious servant of the Most High. There- 
 fore Zion with bitterness weepeth, and Jerusalem lifteth up her voice. 
 O my heart ! my heart grieveth for those that were slain ! O my 
 bowels ! my bowels for those that were killed ; for thou, O Lord ! 
 with fire hast consumed it, and with fire thou wilt again rebuild it; 
 as it is written, ' For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of 
 fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.' Blessed 
 art thou, O Lord ! the Comforter of Zion, and the Rebuilder of 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 Then read from nnsn •nsu/ "nx Vol. I. page 15 until the end of the Amidah p. 19 ; 
 after which say iy^v & vr>"tp Vol. I. pp. 25 & 26. 
 
 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE FAST OF 
 GEDALIAH. 
 
 Say the ordinary Morning Service, Vol. I. p. 1, until the end of the Amidah, p. 19; 
 after which read from awr -\bn *?k, Vol. I. p. 2G until -Mrui p. 31. Then say 
 from VD33 *m Vol. I. p. 19, until rmnn irra p. 20. 
 
 Portion of the Law for the Fast of Gedaliah. 
 Deut. xxxi. 14 — 29- 
 
 HDhn And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach 
 that thou must die : call Joshua, and present yourselves in the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses 
 and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the 
 
 congregation
 
 axa nywrb nmn ra 
 
 ^t • • t t- • t ■ ; — ; 
 
 •a • rnrrb nm iijsjib^ ♦a 1 ? ^ *rinDa spiona ' ogi 
 
 t't - t 
 
 * nnxrr^x n^yi na^pn *rTK nn^D ' tfw ruw ' *rix 
 
 - - . - .. *■-.- T .|._ T-; tt; t —; "tt ; t -; 
 
 : Dnpa tiW Bhn nara tSk ' nirv vym 
 
 :■]... : .. T .. - T T . | ... .. T . ..... 
 
 Tyri-nxi d^t ^ax-nxi n*x ^a*rn&* wfo* m cm 
 n\:a ,( ?aa rtaxn • napwrri rnnrn nannni nSaxn 
 K»nratfr rxa naDF'ni miaaD miam rrnuiyftQ nannm 
 rwh rwfcm *rrh kW mpy rm& nan n#x*n natfv 
 |i-na mtq annS h^p\ yty_-nx 6w D ,l rps naiy rpBh^i 
 »aS 'a 1 ? ♦ nSip \m wh&W) roan n»a ji»s I^rp^rTPn 
 r\m m^ rran mz « r\m »a • nn^Sn by_ ♦$? *g£ BT^n ^ 
 Tiaa^ a^ao #x nftin " dm nS rrriK *:ki • ms*a nnmS Tny 
 
 T ; • T •• - T; \ ; T •.•;•.••-;- T T T • • *T 
 
 : D^g*n* miai ji»v DTO 5 nnx ^na • naina m$ 
 
 : va — n'; 5)T '«< p'jn u>»ipi irby p nnjo o'» ep «pp -iy vo tp 'x pbn n-roy 
 
 rrV-u D136 nnrrtv 
 
 p nnxi x'? «p iy va «p 'n pbn au>v -j 1 ??: bx ifl'« «p i-itdi; ^v -iy 'x ep 'x p^n n'intt' nbsn 
 : O tp n-nnn imj nj/ u"' sp 'x p*;n ypja tim 
 
 n^na div 1 ? minn nxnp 
 
 y^in^-nx Knp n^S y? t ^1|?t IP HBftrSK njn* noxn 
 
 v ._ :1 ._ ^., ,. .. |-<.— A v- -;r v - •• > : 5 : - : r: 
 
 Snxa
 
 "24 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AI5. 
 
 Break forth Into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusa- 
 lem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion 
 with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads : they shall obtain 
 joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 
 
 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw 
 itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of 
 thy mourning shall be ended. 
 
 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight : for the Lord 
 will go before you ; and the God of Israel loill be your rereward. 
 
 Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land 
 for ever, the scion of my planting, the work of my hands, that I 
 may be glorified. 
 
 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong 
 nation : I the Lord will hasten it in its time. 
 
 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that 
 remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is 
 written among the living in Jerusalem. 
 
 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 
 
 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not : behold, 
 your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence ; 
 he will come and save you. 
 
 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace : the 
 mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, 
 and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands ; 
 
 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of ven- 
 geance of our God; to comfort all that mourn ; 
 
 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth ; to them that are 
 in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and 
 their pastures shall be in all high places. 
 
 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto 
 them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment 
 of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called 
 trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be 
 glorified. 
 
 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her captives with 
 righteousness. 
 
 vol, v. h I will
 
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 : nrnxi top ra wfe* nniDEn ne>B> 
 
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 : d?$T1 aia; wn D^nSx tea 
 
 in?s: niyaarn Dnnn • p^avi oiSra wvn nrtDbrra 
 : fta^MnD 1 m&n ^y-^ai nn Da*aaf? 
 
 : D^aar 1 ?! DmJ? • wrfrxS Dp? dvi nin^ ffimw fchpS 
 -Saai qrv. d*5"JtSr • &an ^#na ibwS ttrc DnioxS nbaS 
 
 nnn jiw |D# i|k nnn tms DnS nnS |i»* hzxb ' dib>S 
 pivn ^x DnS xnpi • nns nn nnn n^nn ntssp hm 
 : ~i?*3nnS njrp j^o 
 
 np-rca n*aBh • nn»n batfaa rtnc 
 
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 *23 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 our God ! and faithful are thy words, and not one of thine expressions 
 faileth, for thou, O God, art a faithful and merciful King ! Blessed 
 art thou, O Lord God, faithful in all thy words ! 
 
 Dn") O have pity on Zion, for it is our house of life ! O give aid 
 to the desponding soul, speedily, and in our days ! Blessed art thou, 
 O Lord, who makest Zion to rejoice in her children ! 
 
 "tinQttf Delight us, O Lord our God ! with the coming of Elijah the 
 prophet, thy servant, and with the reign of the house of David, thine 
 anointed, speedily may it arrive and cheer our hearts. O let no 
 stranger be seated on his throne, nor any other continue to inherit 
 his glory ; for by thy holy name didst thou swear unto him that his 
 light should not be extinguished for ever and ever ! Blessed art thou, 
 O Lord, the shield of David. 
 
 V2H2 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 
 
 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her 
 warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath 
 received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. 
 
 I, even I, am He that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou 
 shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man 
 which shall be made as grass ? 
 
 For the Lord shall comfort Zion : he will comfort all her waste 
 places ; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert 
 like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness shall be found therein, 
 thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. 
 
 Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, O earth ; and break forth into 
 singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and 
 will have mercy upon his afflicted. 
 
 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love 
 her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 
 
 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her con- 
 solations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abun- 
 dance of her glory. 
 
 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and 
 ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 
 
 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice ; with the voice together 
 shall they sing : for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall 
 return unto Zion. 
 
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 : mil S^3 |»^n bxn • m nnx ijnsi • nnx j&k; 
 
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 : n*j53 \)*$ nsta • 7. nrix ^15 • war? 
 
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 n^g D^stgnan 
 
 : rraa roa 
 
 : lanjn riastfrai aaarox <abx p • tiamn iax x'x erxa 
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 *2'2 AFTERNOON PORTION OF THE PROPHETS FOR THE NINTH DAY OFAB. 
 
 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my 
 ways, said the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 
 so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your 
 thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, 
 and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it 
 bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread 
 to the eater : so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : 
 it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which 
 I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For ye 
 shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace : the mountains 
 and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the 
 trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall 
 come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the 
 myrtle tree : and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an ever 
 lasting sign that shall not be cut off. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice : for rny 
 salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 
 Blessed is the man .that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth 
 hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth 
 his hand from doing any evil. 
 
 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to 
 the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from 
 his people : neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 
 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, 
 and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 
 even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a 
 place and a name better than of sons and of daughters : I will give 
 them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons 
 of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and 
 to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that 
 keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my co- 
 venant ; even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make 
 them joyful in my house of prayer : their burnt offerings and their 
 sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be 
 called a house of prayer for all people. The Lord God which ga- 
 thereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him. 
 beside those that are gathered unto him. 
 
 After reading the Portion of the Prophets, the following is said, — 
 
 "VVQ Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, Sovereign of the universe, 
 Creator of all worlds, most righteous in all generations ! O faithful 
 King, who saycst and performest, who declarest and fulrillest, for 
 all thy words are truth and righteousness! Faithful art thou, O Lord 
 
 our
 
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 nrtn° #ria njjsp p#|p nnn : ^:nxno\ rntrn ♦jE'^ai nh 
 : ma* xb oSiy nixS osrS hSr\h irm onn nSsr is-©n 
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 <v -; ■ -|t - t ; j- t j |-t I ;•• «.- -; I J" -t 
 
 : Tinaa ownpi wan n#xa nnai *nirta#-nx hpp^. 
 
 Qtr ni3SDi D^aia aiD Dibi n^ ; nbinai ^n^aa DnS -nnji 
 
 <" AT • 1- T • V " T JT | ; <" " J V T • |T; 
 
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 t - <■• t at -;|- v / ; |- t 1- v t -;|- : ;jt ; 
 
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 -n^a Tva ^a ^na^y nxiS on^nan DrrnSiy »n^SM n^aa 
 
 : vxapA vSy ]»apx liy 
 
 it t I; • ; (.t't !<•■ |~: ^i 
 
 ^aa pnv Q^Siyn b i« aSiyn ^jo irn'Sx : ^ nnx ^na 
 ♦a • ^pDi nanp • n^iyi iDixn |?«3n Sxri pn^n 
 Q^asii ^rn'Sx M wn nnx |ia«3 : p-nfl n»x vnai Sa 
 
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 *21 AFTERNOON PORTION OF THE LAW FOR THE NINTH DAY OF Ali. 
 
 other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, 
 or hath been heard like it ? Did ever people hear the voice of 
 God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast, and live ? 
 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst 
 of a nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by 
 war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by 
 great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you 
 in Egypt before your eyes ? Unto thee it was shewed, that thou 
 mightest know that the Lord he is God ; there is none else beside 
 him. Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might 
 instruct thee : and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire ; and 
 thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. And because 
 he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and 
 brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt ; 
 to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than 
 thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their lander an inheritance, 
 as it is this day. Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine 
 heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the 
 earth beneath : there is none else. Thou shalt keep therefore his 
 statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, 
 that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and 
 that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord 
 thy God giveth thee, for ever. 
 
 After the reading of the law, the minister says, — 
 
 "P"Q Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, who hast given us the 
 law of truth, and planted eternal life within us ! Blessed art thou, 
 O Lord, who hast given the law ! 
 
 Before the reading of the Portion of the Prophets, the following is said, — 
 
 "P"Q Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the universe, 
 who hast selected faithful prophets, and hast delighted in their words, 
 spoken in truth ! Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast chosen the 
 law, thy servant Moses, thy people Israel, and thy true and righteous 
 prophets ! 
 
 Portion of the Prophets for the Afternoon of the ninth 
 
 day of Ab. 
 
 Isaiah lv. 6. — Ivi. 8. 
 
 W\1 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him 
 while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrigh- 
 teous man his thoughts : and let hivn return unto the Lord, and he 
 will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will abundantly- 
 pardon. 
 
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 ;• • : - ' t t *—jr i|t / ; |- i\t|: a :it • : vt ; » : •
 
 20 AFTERNOON SERVICE TOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 commanded us is the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. It is 
 a tree of life to those who lay hold of it; and the supporters thereof 
 are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are 
 peace. Abundant peace have they who love thy law : and none 
 shall obstruct them. The Lord will give strength unto his people : 
 the Lord will bless his people with peace !" 
 
 " When I call on the name of the Lord, ascribe ye greatness 
 unto our God." Ascribe ye all power unto God, and render 
 honour unto the law. 
 
 The law is then elevated, that the writing may be seen by 
 the Congregation, who say, 
 
 rmnn i"lNP " And this is the law which Moses set before the 
 children of Israel. The law which Moses commanded us is the 
 inheritance of the congregation of Jacob." 
 
 " The way of God is perfect : the word of the Lord is tried : he 
 is a buckler to all those who trust in him." 
 
 Previously to reading the law, the minister says, 
 TTD Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, King of the universe, 
 who hast chosen us from all nations, and hast given us thy law ! 
 Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast given the law ! 
 
 Portion of the Law for the Afternoon of the ninth day 
 
 of Ab. 
 Deuteronomy iv. 25 — 40. 
 
 Ivlfi "O When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, 
 and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt 
 yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, 
 and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him 
 to anger : I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, 
 that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go 
 over Jordan to possess it ; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, 
 but shall utterly be destroyed. And the Lord shall scatter you 
 among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the 
 heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. And there ye shall 
 serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither 
 see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. But if from thence thou shalt 
 seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with 
 all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, 
 and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if 
 thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his 
 voice; (for the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not 
 forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy 
 fathers which he sware unto them. For ask now of the days that 
 are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created 
 man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the 
 
 vol. v. g other
 
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 : apse rwj? nehio • ntfa 07 
 : is D^Dinn-SbS wn po ♦ nsvrc M moa * bin dwi Sxn 
 
 -yrztc jinn nN-ipn mip 
 
 • D^yn-Saft wa nna iBte • oSiyn t^d wnSa* w nn« ma 
 : rninn ;ni: * j r\m ijna • irnin ng «S |njl 
 
 3sn nytrnS nroo^ n-nnn nxnp 
 
 ^a Dnwi onn^ni paa owra D^a »em b^a tWv-*3 
 5 nTrn : wanS TnWnirr wa pn Dn»E>sn Sa najan 
 Syo to fna^n nax^a pKn-ngi Dwrrna Di»n ma 
 ran^n-riS nnehS niatf rrwrnK tana? Dn« iBfc y^n 
 ta^ya oanx rrirr ram : n*wn wn *a n*% b^ 
 "Dpnasj. j n^ Dang nirr 53; t^« biina -)3p& ^n^ DrnK^i 
 pyp^: nSi pKT*& l^s* jax) ]*y Dn« nj nbro Dvfefcj d^ 
 nxx-b!i Tprtas* nin^-nx D^b Dntr'pai : inn* N iL >i ife«* N i( ?i 
 
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 : iSba ny»Bh "q^n'^s nin^-ny nasjh dot nnnxa n^xn 
 
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 19 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 us mirth saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion. How shall 
 we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee, O 
 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not 
 remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; 
 if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Remember, O 
 Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem ; who said, 
 Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. O daughter of 
 Babylon, who art to be destroyed : happy shall he be, that rewardeth 
 thee as thou hast dealt with us. Happy shall he he, that taketh and 
 dasheth thy little ones against the stones. 
 
 Psalm cxxx. 
 
 rxbytm *Vttf A Song of degrees. — Out of the depths have I 
 cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice : let thine ears be 
 attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, O Lord, shouldest 
 mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand ? But there is forgiveness 
 with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the Lord, my 
 soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the 
 Lord more than they that watch for the morning : yea more than 
 they that watch for the morning. O Israel hope in the Lord : for 
 with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 
 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 
 
 Then say wrp & irby Vol. I. p. 25—26. 
 
 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE NINTH 
 DAY OF AB. 
 
 Say the ordinary Afternoon Service, Vol I. p. 31, until mbbn p. 33. 
 
 Open the Ark. 
 
 J7D13 TP1 And when the Ark set forward, Moses said, Arise, O 
 
 Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered, and those who hate thee 
 
 flee before thee ! for from Zion shall the law go forth, and the word 
 
 of the Lord from Jerusalem. 
 
 (Minister.) Blessed be he who hath given the law to his people 
 Israel, through his holiness ! 
 
 He then takes out the book of the law, and says, 
 w75 " O magnify the Lord with me, and let us together exalt 
 his name !" 
 
 Congregation say, 
 "OTvN ,,,, 1DD11 " Exalt ye the Lord our God, and bow down 
 at his footstool, for he is holy ! Exalt ye the Lord our God, and 
 worship at his holy mount, for the Lord our God is holy ! There 
 is none holy as the Lord ; for there is none besides thee : neither 
 is there any Rock like our God ! For who is God save the Lord ? 
 Or who is a Rock besides our God ? The law which Moses 
 
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 18 MORNING SERVICE EOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 the tombs of my fathers, that I might contemplate with reverence 
 the cave of Hebron ! How my eyes would dwell on mount Abarim 
 and mount Hor, which cover thy holy guides, the luminaries of Israel. 
 
 O Zion ! in thy atmosphere I should breathe life spiritual ! From 
 thy dust 1 should inhale the perfume of myrrh; and from the waters 
 of thy brooks I should sip the taste of honey. With what ecstasy 
 should I tread bare-footed the ruins of thy sanctuary, and cling to 
 that spot of earth where the ark of the covenant and the cherubim 
 are entombed. 
 
 Oh ! in the intensity of my grief I could tear from my head the 
 hair that adorns it ! In my despair 1 could curse the day, when thy 
 sons, O Zion, were polluted in an unholy land. How can I take 
 pleasure in life, when I behold thy sons torn in pieces by dogs ? 
 How can I endure the light of the sun, when I behold ravens feeding 
 on the mangled bodies of thy princes ? 
 
 Be thou stayed awhile, O cup of sorrow ! Be thou entreated 
 to vouchsafe unto me one moment's repose, for my heart overfloweth 
 with bitterness. Oh, give me but one moment to reflect upon 
 Aholah, and I will drink the gall of thy goblet : suffer me to direct 
 but one thought to Aholibah, and I will drain it to the dregs, 
 
 O Zion ! crown of beauty ! call to mind the tender love of thy 
 associates who once did rejoice over thy prosperity, but who now 
 sorrow over thy fallen greatness. To thee thy captives bow their 
 hearts from the house of their prison ; and when they bend in 
 prayer, they direct their eyes to thy gates. Though thy (locks 
 are scattered over many hills and mountains, yet have they not 
 forgotten thy fold. To thee they still fervently cleave, fostering 
 the hope that they may once more ascend thy heights, and dwell 
 beneath thy palm-trees. 
 
 Can Shinar and Pathros, in their empty greatness, be measured 
 with thee ? Can their vain oracles be compared to thy Urim and 
 Thummin? Ah! what shall be likened unto thy anointed princes, 
 thy prophets, thy Levites and sacred singers ? 
 
 Surely the empires of idolatry shall vanish and pass away, but 
 thou, O Zion, thou alone shalt stand pre-eminent unto the end of 
 time, for thou art the habitation of the eternal God ! Happy the 
 man who finds a resting-place within thy walls ! but happier he who 
 shall be permitted to witness the dawning of thy renewed day ! He 
 will again behold the happiness of thy chosen ones; he will share in 
 the joy, when thy beauty shall be restored as in the days of thy 
 youth. 
 
 Psalm cxxxvii. 
 
 nnnj by By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we 
 
 wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the 
 
 willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away 
 
 captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us, required oj 
 
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 17 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AH. 
 
 the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. Yet they tempted and 
 provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies : but 
 turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers : they were 
 turned aside like a deceitful bow. For they provoked him to anger 
 with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven 
 images. When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred 
 Israel ; so that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent where 
 he was enthroned among men; and delivered his strength into 
 captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. He gave his people 
 over also unto the sword, and was wroth with his inheritance. The 
 fire consumed their young men ; and their maidens were not com- 
 mended. Their priests fell by the sword ; and their widows made 
 no lamentation. Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like 
 a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. And he smote his 
 enemies in the hinder part : he put them to a perpetual reproach. 
 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the 
 tribe of Ephraim : but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which 
 he loved. And he built his sanctuary like the eternal heights, like 
 the earth which he hath established for ever. He chose David also 
 his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds : from following the 
 ewes great with young, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and 
 Israel his inheritance. And he fed them according to the integrity of 
 his heart ; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. 
 
 'bNJJWI N7n 1VS O Zion ! wilt thou ever remain insensible to the 
 welfare of thy children, the remnant of thy flock who fervently pray 
 for thy peace ? From the east, from the west, from the north and the 
 south ; yea, from far and near, thy children turn to thee, anxiously 
 expecting the return of thy prosperity. Wilt thou not then accept 
 the greeting of thy exiles, who pant for hope, and drop down their 
 tears like the dew of Hermon. Would to God that they might be 
 permitted to water thy deserted hills. When 1 brood over thy sorrows, 
 I am the owl of the wilderness ; but when I dream of the restoration 
 of thy greatness, I am a pleasant harp to thy sacred song. 
 
 My heart clings to Bethel ; and unto God, the Omnipotent, it 
 cries aloud. Oh ! how it weeps for the wounds which thy purity, O 
 Zion, has received. Here abode the Presence Divine; here the bles- 
 sings of the Guardian of Israel responded to the prayers that were 
 addressed from thy gates. Here God was unto thee a glory and a 
 light. Here the effulgence of the Supreme did eclipse the lustre 
 of the sun and the stars. Fain would I pour out my soul on thy 
 sainted hill, where the spirit of God descended upon his chosen ones. 
 Then wast thou, O Zion, the residence of the Eternal King: but now, 
 alas ! slaves pollute thy majestic throne. 
 
 Oh ! that my spirit might be suffered to hover about the hallowed 
 spot where the Deity appeared to thy prophets and seers ! Oh ! that 
 I had wings to bear my wounded heart to thy ruins ! then would I 
 cling to thy dumb rocks ; I would bow me down to the earth, and 
 fondly cherish thy sacred dust. Oh that my feet might rest upon 
 
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 *ni3N
 
 16 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE NINTH DAY 01 AH. 
 
 Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel ; because they believed 
 not in God, and trusted not in his salvation : though he had com- 
 manded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 
 and had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them 
 of the corn of heaven. Man did eat angels' food : he sent them 
 meat to the full. He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven : 
 and by his power he brought in the south wind. He rained flesh 
 also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the 
 sea : and he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their 
 habitations. So they did eat, and were well filled : for he gave 
 them their own desire ; they were not estranged from their lust. 
 But while their meat ivas yet in their mouths, the wrath of God 
 came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the 
 chosen men of Israel. For all this they sinned still, and believed 
 not in his wondrous works. Therefore their days did he consume 
 in vanity, and their years in trouble. When he was about to slay them, 
 then they sought him : and they returned and enquired early after 
 God. And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the high 
 God their Redeemer. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their 
 mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. For their heart 
 was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 
 But he, who is fullof compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed 
 them not : yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not 
 stir up all his wrath. For he remembered that they were but flesh ; 
 a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. How oft did they 
 provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert ! Yea, 
 they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of 
 Israel. They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he 
 delivered them from the enemy : how he had wrought his signs in 
 Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan : and had turned their 
 rivers into blood ; and their floods, that they could not drink. He 
 sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them ; and 
 frogs, which destroyed them. He gave also their increase unto the 
 caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust. He destroyed their 
 vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. He gave up 
 their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 
 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indig- 
 nation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. He made 
 a way to his anger ; he spared not their soul from death, but gave 
 their life over to the pestilence ; and smote all the firstborn in 
 Egypt ; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham ; but 
 made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the 
 wilderness like a flock. And he led them on safely, so that they 
 feared not : but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. And he 
 brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, 
 which his right hand had purchased. He cast out the heathen also 
 before them, and divided for them an inheritance by line, and made 
 
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 15 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 yea, thy sacred house of prayer was polluted by barbarians, whom 
 thou didst forbid to enter among thy congregation. And Zion said, 
 Alas ! woe is me ; for my God hath cast me off, and exalted my 
 spoilers ; my virgins are led into captivity, and my babes are dashed in 
 pieces. O, where shall I find one who can record my sorrows ? 
 Long have I been imprisoned in the dungeons of those who cast 
 me forth, desolated my sanctuary, and broke my bars ; say, O my 
 brethren, is there any sorrow like unto my sorrow ? Behold I have 
 become an orphan, though my Father yet lives. O thou all-gracious 
 God ! how long shall thine heritage be desolate, how long be 
 forsaken, how long shall she be given up to the power of 
 strangers ? Look down, O Almighty Father, upon her sufferings ; 
 hearken unto her cry, and turn us again unto thee, O Lord, and 
 we shall be turned. 
 
 Psalm Ixxviii. 
 PpN? "^DttfD Maschil of Asaph. — Give ear, O my people, to my 
 law : incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open 
 my mouth in a parable : I will utter dark sayings of old : which 
 we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We 
 will not hide them from their children, shewing to the genera- 
 tion to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and 
 his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a 
 testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he 
 commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to 
 their children : that the generation to come might know them, 
 even the children which should be born ; who should arise and 
 declare them to their children : that they might set their hope in 
 God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments ; 
 and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious gene- 
 ration ; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit 
 was not stedfast with God. The children of Ephraim, being armed, 
 and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. They kept 
 not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law ; and 
 forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. 
 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of 
 Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He divided the sea, and caused them 
 to pass through ; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. In 
 the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a 
 light of fire. He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them 
 drink as out of 'the great depths. He brought streams also out of 
 the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. And they 
 sinned yet more against him by provoking the Most High in the 
 wilderness. And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat 
 for their lust. Yea, they spake against God : they said, Can God 
 furnish a table in the wilderness ? Behold, he smote the rock, that 
 the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed ; can he give 
 bread also ? can he provide flesh for his people ? Therefore the 
 Lord heard this and was wroth : so a fire was kindled against 
 
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 14 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. O deliver 
 not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the zoicked : 
 forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. Have respect 
 unto the covenant : for the dark places of the earth are full of the 
 habitations of cruelty. O let not the oppressed return ashamed : 
 let the poor and needy praise thy name. Arise, O God, plead 
 thine own cause : remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee 
 daily. Forget not the voice of thine enemies : the tumult of those 
 that rise up against thee increaseth continually. 
 
 Psalm Ixxvi. 
 jTO'OJH TOJD 1 ? To the Chief Musician on Neginoth, a Psalm 
 or Song of Asaph. — In Judah is God known : his name is great in 
 Israel. In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in 
 Zion. There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the 
 sword, and the battle. Selah. Thou art more glorious and excellent 
 than the mountains of prey. The stout-hearted are spoiled, they 
 have slept their sleep : and none of the men of might have found 
 their hands. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and 
 horse are cast into a dead sleep. Thou even thou art to be feared : 
 and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry ? Thou 
 didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven ; the earth feared, 
 and was still : when God arose to judgment to deliver all the meek 
 of the earth. Selah. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the 
 remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Vow, and pay unto the 
 Lord your God: let all that are round about him bring presents 
 unto him that ought to be feared. He shall cut off the spirit of 
 princes : he is terrible to the kings of the earth. 
 
 DTil !"tt "jN Lo ! this is the anniversary of the day on which my 
 sin was visited ! Oh, mourn all ye who surround me, when you 
 hear of this day. On this day my enemy prevailed, and like a lion 
 rent me in pieces ; my purposes and the imaginations of my heart 
 were frustrated. On the day of destruction came the spoiler and 
 rooted me out ; with fire he laid waste my glorious temple, my 
 kings and my princes fell beneath the sword of the stranger ; my 
 very walls and ramparts did weep and languish together. Proudly 
 did my foes exult when they destroyed my holy oracle, when they 
 trampled me down and despoiled me of all my substance. Didst 
 thou not mark their fierce vengeance, when they rent and ceased not, 
 until Jacob was consumed and his dwelling laid waste ? Like 
 bears did they tread down the gate, and lay prostrate the wall ; 
 Zion, which was like the princess amongst the provinces, was made 
 desolate, and her priests were cruelly slaughtered : the sword de- 
 stroyed without, and terror reigned within. O hath God forgotten 
 to be gracious ? is his hand waxed short ? In the agonies of despair 
 Zion's children cried aloud, Surely thou hast closed and barred the 
 gates of thy mercy, for lo ! the enemy is driving before him my 
 children into captivity. Hosts of strangers did invade thy holy 
 dwelling, they polluted the sanctuary, the oracle of thy temple ; 
 
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 13 MORNING PORTION OF THE PROPHETS FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AJB. 
 
 out of Zion, How are we spoiled ! we are greatly confounded, 
 because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast 
 us out. Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your 
 ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, 
 and every one her neighbour lamentation. For death is come up 
 into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the 
 children from without, and the young men from the streets. Speak, 
 Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung 
 upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and 
 none shall gather them. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his 
 wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might ; let not the 
 rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in 
 this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord 
 who doth exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in 
 the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. 
 
 Then say *~n>H vol. i. p. 20, until -nj/ V* O'nbxn Kin *» "3 p. 22 ; after which the 
 book of the Lamentations, as on the preceding evening, vol. v. p. 2. 
 
 Psalm lxxiv. 
 
 *\VKb bwn Maschil of Asaph.— O God, why hast thou 
 
 cast us off for ever ? ichy doth thine anger smoke against the 
 
 sheep of thy pasture? Remember thy congregation, which 
 
 thou hast purchased of old ; the rod of thine inheritance, which 
 
 thou hast redeemed ; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 
 
 Lift up thy feet into the perpetual desolations ; even all that 
 
 the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Thine enemies 
 
 roar in the midst of thy congregation ; they set up their 
 
 ensigns for signs. A man was famous according as he had lifted 
 
 up axes upon the thick trees. But now they break down the 
 
 carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. They have 
 
 cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the 
 
 dwelling place of thy name to the ground. They said in their 
 
 hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the 
 
 assemblies of God in the land. We see not our signs : there is no 
 
 more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how 
 
 long. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach ? shall the 
 
 enemy blaspheme thy name for ever ? Why withdrawest thou thy 
 
 hand, even thy right hand ? Pluck it out of thy bosom. For God 
 
 is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 
 
 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength : thou didst break the 
 
 heads of the sea monsters. Thou didst break the heads of leviathan 
 
 in pieces, and didst give him to be meat to the people inhabiting the 
 
 wilderness. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood : thou 
 
 driedst up mighty rivers. The day is thine, the night also is thine : 
 
 thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the 
 
 borders of the earth : thou hast made summer and winter. 
 
 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and 
 
 that
 
 axa ny&rb mnvh dwmpi nxnp y 
 
 -♦a i wntoaeto )yh&r\ »a pa mijra Tka Mfti tiT?# 
 
 bavoa nreta verm oaj?K npni Hin-— m^r croft rtijgp 
 wribDTMSi «a wi&na nib n^a : rwp nnisn nroci *na 
 riiiT-D&o niD *iai : nia'mD Dnina nn» ^Siy rmanS 
 ijrtsm nnxa "iwai m&?n ^s-Sy Maria Dnxn rtai hSsa 
 ^njv-^si inaana ban ^nn*- 1 ?** riirr n&N ■ na : asxib rxi 
 S^nn^ nxia-DK *a : hastya iw l ? ( ?nn , - l ?x fertoaa niaan 
 D3tya ion nb>y riirr »j« *a Vrix srn Sab>n ^nnsn 
 : rnrp-D&o *msn nWa-*a nxa npnyi 
 
 n3'x nb.io nox> 73 -inm ■ 3': ep nv r« DN-ibxn Kin 'n »3 tj; '3 tp 'x pSn -rrx nrax»i 
 '3 «p 'n pbn 3N3 nywn yba 1:33 
 
 jfchfji ^sk pp 9 - mf? nm? o^Sa nth ^dx 1 ? ^afepa 
 
 * TjnSm aas? nS^j Dij5 v nrjjr^r# : na! : tfffTp 
 
 y)x nr^5*nxj nwa|? T$£ nnnn na m^'ru. jiv^n 
 j nina Dnhte w • spsgD aijjp ^It* ^T : ^P 5 
 
 M»d r^ 1 ? * w^p^ ^? ^^ : p°^?- rt3 ^'! ^^?? 
 
 ^rrnflfi^a nsnb' • in; dj^ aaSa rpj* : ^ [a^p 
 ""$ nv w^"^ • x^aj Tty-pg ^\s*r«S ^irninx : pj*a 
 n?S : nv^ ^^ a.-.i^ |\s*y • n^ ^0= D ^N *W3"12 J no 
 
 * d-i^d ^aSa D^n'Sx). : nb ^p?n a'Tjpa • ^w ?|T a^n 
 rna# * d^ ^a n^is ™« : pxn aipa niy^; b$h 
 Saxo «3pin • rnnS »B^n n^i nns : D^n-Sj? cr^n ^ } xn 
 
 T -; - v ; • I t t ; • •• t t ; - ■ T - • T - *- . - T 
 
 : ]n\si ninm nran r\m * ^naj jjb nypa nnx : n^v 1 ? PJ^ 
 naxn r\nx : : ; a^ nixn niran nnx * n^S iS-^x dv ih 
 
 T ; - ■ t- vtt tt •-: t- t;t|;|- J; 
 
 a.^ n^ria? : Drnr nm t\in\ y\p_ • pjs ni^a^Sa 
 
 5jin lP*n ° nnyi °
 
 12 MORNING PORTION OF THE PROPHETS FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears* 
 that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of 
 my people ! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of 
 wayfaring men ; that I might leave my people, and go from them ! 
 for they are all adulterers, and an assembly of treacherous men. 
 They bend their tongues like their bow for lies : but they are not 
 valiant for the truth upon the earth ; for they proceed from evil to 
 evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. Take ye heed every 
 one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother : for every 
 brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with 
 slanders. And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will 
 not speak the truth : they have taught their tongue to speak lies, 
 and they weary themselves to commit iniquity. Thine habitation is 
 in the midst of deceit ; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith 
 the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Behold, I will 
 melt them, and try them ; for how shall I do for the daughter of 
 my people ? Their tongue is as an arrow shot out ; it speaketh 
 deceit : one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, 
 but in heart he layeth his wait. 
 
 Shall I not visit them for these things ? saith the Lord : shall 
 not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? For the moun- 
 tains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations 
 of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so 
 that none can pass through them ; neither can men hear the voice of 
 the cattle ; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled ; 
 they are gone. And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of 
 dragons ; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an 
 inhabitant. 
 
 Who is the wise man, that may understand this ? and who is he 
 to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare 
 it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, 
 that none passeth through ? And the Lord saith, Because they 
 have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not 
 obeyed my voice, neither walked therein ; but have walked after 
 the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their 
 fathers taught them. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with 
 wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. 1 will scatter 
 them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers 
 have known : and I will send a sword after them, till I have con- 
 sumed them. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the 
 mourning women, that they may come ; and send for cunning 
 women, that they may come: and let them make haste, and take 
 up a wailing for us, that our eves may run down with tears, and 
 our eyelids gush out with waters. For a voice of wailing is heard 
 
 VOL. V. K out
 
 nxn r\ywrb rnn^S D^asn n«np a* 
 
 emmo nta *a dako rufafl #-nx rnTytfi cm-iK jfto 
 ™dkS tib) ipd ane>p wi^S-nx wn*i : dh:q m*y 
 
 sr v;| ... , . | ...... jt : |- T : ■-• < : :— r:i ••»•.• - ; 
 
 : nirv-DXJ wr-*6 *nfci wr ' ny-vStf ny-ia b nan nan 
 
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 l-l'T T T <• AT ; - - VT T *'- ; •■ T • '•• "|" <- 
 
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 at : • I i : v I : : ■ i : • »~~r I ••«■» ••■ - 9 T : s : • a- - : 
 
 niitax nirv nfcK rP pS : niir-Daw 'nk-njn um& riiD-iisa 
 
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 5\ T I J" [•«■ v ; • v v;|v | j- • A" : " : vt ; | r • • 
 
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 J- T v ;|- ; ■• — ; "• "V « t • ; a" • XT \ • VT ; 
 
 nta-iBte <toa dk rrirv-Dw Dnp£x-*6 nW-^jjn : iaiM 
 
 v T v -• j ; *< at ; \. ; vt |t ; v | v I" ""I - | ; t 
 
 nana niwSyi wi *aa new DnnrrSy : *b>m Dpjnn nS 
 
 t ; • < : '-; • v t j- ; ST •.- • t v '- r : - 1 1"~ : • > 
 
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 it : it | : v I : 1 : |t i : a" •• : • - v-t <•.• -; • T j 
 
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 : oniK »ni^3 ny nnnrrnK Dnnnx ^nnWi onnxi n»n 
 
 it v - 7- ••■ ••• - ■•• "-:r <•:-•: at -.|- tv 
 
 ••• : t A v : v ; 1 1 ; |- » :j* : »: i : ■ T : JT : - t 
 
 T .'< — : "A" v *•- tjv • ; t : •• - ; t it; v ; ■ / t -; |-
 
 11 MORNING PORTION OF THE LAW FOR THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall 
 devour flesh ; and that with the blood of the slain and of the 
 captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 
 
 Rejoice, O ye nations, icith his people : for he will avenge the 
 blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, 
 and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 
 
 After the reading of the law, the minister says, — 
 
 "p-Q Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, who hast given us the 
 law of truth, and planted eternal life within us ! Blessed art thou, 
 O Lord, who hast given the law ! 
 
 Before reading the Portion of the Prophets, the following is said, — 
 TTO Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, 
 who hast selected faithful prophets, and hast delighted in their 
 words, spoken in truth ! Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast chosen 
 the law, thy servant Moses, thy people Israel, and thy true and 
 righteous prophets \ 
 
 Morning Portion of the Prophets for the Ninth Day of Ab. 
 
 Jeremiah viii. 13 — ix. 24. 
 
 DETDN ^DN I will surely consume them, saith the Lord : there 
 shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf 
 shall fade ; and the things that I have given them shall pass away 
 from them. Why do we sit still ? assemble yourselves, and let us 
 enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there : for the 
 Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to 
 drink, because we have sinned against the Lord. We looked for 
 peace, but no good came ; and for a time of health, and behold 
 trouble ! The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan : the 
 whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong 
 ones ; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that 
 is in it ; the city, and those that dwell therein. For, behold, I will 
 send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not he charmed, 
 and they shall bite you, saith the Lord. 
 
 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in 
 me. Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people 
 because of them that dwell in a far country : Is not the Lord in 
 Zion ? is not her king in her ? Why have they provoked me to 
 anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities ? The 
 harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. For 
 the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt ; I am black ; 
 astonishment has taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead ; 
 is there no physician there ? Why then is not the health of the 
 daughter of my people recovered ? 
 
 Oh
 
 a«a nywrh rrneh minn mnp n* 
 
 ife>a Span 'anrn d^e> -Vn Taete 
 
 a*iN niy-is 8tnid n ; n^i SSrt dto 
 
 i" *v : ~ v •• t ; • : t t <- • 
 
 Dip; viay-Di *a teg ^ wjno 
 
 i&y inanx -ism rtcS a*^ ddji 
 
 I "• v t • - /:• • . t t • j- t Itt ; 
 
 "ien* iinn nx*npn -imo 
 
 max rr#i «S jo) igte • aSiyn ^ £«gfeg j nnx ipnj 
 
 : rninn pi: • j n^K ijrta : u^na v®} cSiy *8] 
 
 113* D'N'mn riN-ip nnp 
 
 nnian • « nnx irsna : naaa anawn annana mni 
 
 ... T . T _ | , .vv:|v »T v;v- ••••;•: T t; ; 
 
 : pn$n) na^n waa^i W. Wj5W ra£ neton^ rnina 
 
 : 2&0 wnb nnn^V Dwaan rotnp 
 
 rukna man roo |*>aa viw Vk rrirp-aw ds^dk msk 
 iSDxn d^ «n3x na-Sy : may* DnS tnxi ba: riSym 
 iwi foain wrfe** riirv h afsrrms\ loan njrSa wtaai 
 nsia nyS aiD rxi nbwb rtp : nirrS UN&n *a tfsrra 
 1*va« niSrrca Sipa void mm yatfj pa : nnya nam 
 
 t ■ - j -; ; ■ I ■ x j - : i" : ■ l<x • i T T : i™ ■ 
 
 : na nsri yv mbffl pK fe*h to*ia»i pwrrSa n^yn 
 
 ix •• ; # : ».- T : | »av : r T ~ 1 •"*' T T VT "":i x 
 
 ttjrai wrb dpiStn -\m D'iiysx b^m oaa n^a *in "^ 
 
 I ;. • ; ~AX iv x I |" iv-; *w ; • • x : v t - .. - . . • . 
 
 Sip-n::n : ti ?aS by rti* ^ wa^aa : nin^-c«: oanx 
 
 | •• • |x - #• • v- *t I at j-«- : v- • )■ ; - ix : \ : w ; •-• 
 
 na ps ns^-DK |i»V3 PS Hj^T 1 D ?^ PW ^^ nw 
 
 ra nSs "i^p nny : n^3 ^ana Dn^osa ^^Dpn vhd 
 
 i -|at tjt v| t /-"x it- <■• ; - ; w ■• |- : • • )": • w - 
 
 vt - • ; -|t • :a- : t i- *• - ■■■)■.■ *- i it # • v- -;r 
 
 nva-i nipD *i^yi o^b ; ^xn jn 1 -^ s %5?-na na^i^ nnSy
 
 10 MORNING PORTION OF THE LAW FOR THE NINTH DAY OF A15. 
 
 I . said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the re- 
 membrance of them to cease from among men : 
 
 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their ad- 
 versaries should behave themselves strangely ; lest they should 
 say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 
 
 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any under- 
 standing in them. 
 
 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would 
 consider their latter end ! 
 
 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to 
 flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut 
 them up? 
 
 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves 
 being judges. 
 
 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomor- 
 rah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 
 
 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. 
 
 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my 
 treasures ? 
 
 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall 
 slide in due time : for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the 
 things that shall come upon them make haste. 
 
 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his 
 servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none 
 shut up, or left. 
 
 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they 
 trusted, 
 
 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of 
 their drink offerings ? let them rise up and help you, and be your 
 protection. 
 
 See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with me : 
 I kill, and I restore to life ; I wound, and I heal : and there is none 
 that can deliver out of my hand. 
 
 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, 1 live for ever. 
 
 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judg- 
 ment, I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward 
 them that hate me. 
 
 1
 
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 av •• : - • v t 
 
 -flax iria D5?3 'hh 
 
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 n^n nixy -nx nr*3 
 hkt ^3b» icon & 
 
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 A-t -v- t v ;t v p 
 
 ♦inn pna ^niasr-Dx 
 ns6 DPa i^N 
 
 taw
 
 9 MORNING PORTION OF THE LAW FOR THE NINTH DAY OF A15. 
 
 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fiuttereth over her young, 
 spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her 
 pinions : 
 
 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god 
 with him. 
 
 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might 
 eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of 
 the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 
 
 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams 
 of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat ; 
 and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 
 
 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou 
 art grown thick, thou art covered toith fatness ; then he forsook God 
 which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation- 
 
 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abomina- 
 tions provoked they him to anger. 
 
 They sacrificed to demons, to false gods: to deities whom they 
 knew not, to new gods that came up of late, whom your fathers feared 
 not. 
 
 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast for- 
 gotten God that formed thee. 
 
 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the 
 provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 
 
 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their 
 end shall be : for they are a very froward generation, children in 
 whom is no faith. 
 
 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God ; 
 they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will 
 move them to jealousy with those which are not a people ; I will 
 provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 
 
 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest 
 hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire 
 the foundations of the mountains. 
 
 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows 
 upon them. 
 
 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning 
 heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts 
 upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 
 
 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young 
 man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 
 
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 8 SERVICE FOR THE EVE OF THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 ceased ; om* dance is turned into mourning. The crown is fallen 
 from our head : woe unto us, for we have sinned ! For this our 
 heart is faint ; for these things our eyes are dim ; because of the 
 mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. Thou 
 O Lord, remainest for ever ; thy throne endureth from generation to 
 generation. Wherefore dost thou forget us, for ever ; why dost 
 thou forsake us for so long a time ? Turn thou us unto thee, O 
 Lord, and we shall be turned : renew our days as of old. But hast 
 thou utterly rejected us, art thou very wroth against us ? 
 
 Congregation. Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be 
 turned : renew our days as of old. 
 
 Then say from D-inn bx *ry xwn Vol. I. p. 42, to the end of the evening service. 
 If the ninth day of Ab fall on the day following the Sabbath, say iron 3wv 
 V^V, Vol. I. p. 84, before saying the 121st Psalm, and after this Psalm say 
 the blessing, ibid. 
 
 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE NINTH 
 DAY OF AB. 
 
 Say the Ordinary Morning Service, Vol. I. page 1, until minn ]rm page 20. 
 
 Portion of the Law for the Ninth Day of Ab. 
 Deut. xxxii. 1 — 44. 
 
 Wtti"T Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O 
 earth, the words of my mouth. 
 
 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the 
 dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers 
 upon the grass : 
 
 Because I will publish the name of the Lord. Ascribe ye greatness 
 unto our God. 
 
 He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judg- 
 ment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 
 
 In him there is no corruption ; the spot is in his children, a 
 generation crooked and perverse. 
 
 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is not 
 he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made and es- 
 tablished thee ? 
 
 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many genera- 
 tions. Ask thy father, and he will shew thee ; thy elders, and they 
 will tell thee. 
 
 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, 
 when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people 
 according to the number of the children of Israel. 
 
 For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his 
 inheritance. 
 
 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; 
 he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of 
 his eye. 
 
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 ■ |T V " ^* " " V T T T w ~ T T ' T T 
 
 aSiyS njp; nnx : ia-to^n D^sjitf dxw |iTT» ^ : tt*2K 
 ■06 m$n tthj^jpi ™S ™S : ift} nil 1 ? ^.pa a£rn 
 okd-dx *a : crjjj5 w»; Bhji &#?] y^ ' njn? wa^q : D^bj 
 
 : trjjjs wd* #in na^ji y?k ' ni«? wa^n <W 
 
 'Kvma 3X3 niwn bn dnt • nbsnn tpo ty n'o *p 'x pbn onrm bx »a»y xirx ioikt 
 iox 'i3i *3»y xwx nnxi i'3 «p 'x p"?n ivby -inDa 3u>v "iraix '131 «yj; xwx Dip ■ ump row 
 
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 isy nin^ pSn »a 
 
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 lima riwsa Snfcca^ 
 nipia? \nbab?
 
 7 SERVICE FOR THE EVE OF THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the 
 field. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own 
 children : they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter 
 of my people. The Lord hath accomplished his fury ; he hath 
 poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it 
 hath devoured the foundations thereof. The kings of the earth, and 
 all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the 
 adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that 
 have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, they have wan- 
 dered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves 
 with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. They cried 
 unto them, Depart ye ; it is unclean ; depart, depart, touch not : 
 when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, 
 They shall no more sojourn there. The anger of the Lord hath 
 divided them ; he will no more regard them : they respected not 
 the persons of the priests, they pitied not the elders. As for us 
 our eyes as yet have failed for our vain help : in our watching we 
 have watched for a nation that could not save us. They hunt our 
 steps that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days 
 are fulfilled ; for our end is come. Our persecutors are swifter than 
 the eagles of the heaven : they pursued us upon the mountains, they 
 laid wait for us in the wilderness. The breath of our nostrils, the 
 anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, 
 Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. 
 
 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the 
 land of Uz ; the cup also shall pass through unto thee : thou shalt 
 be drunken, and shalt make thyself bare. 
 
 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of 
 Zion ; he will no more carry thee away into captivity : he will visit 
 thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom ; he will discover thy sins. 
 
 Chapter v. 
 
 "Of Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us : consider, and 
 behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our 
 houses to aliens. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are 
 as widows. We drink our water for money ; our wood is sold 
 unto us. Our necks are under persecution : we labour, and have 
 no rest. We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the As- 
 syrians, to be satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and 
 are not ! and we have borne their iniquities. Servants have ruled 
 over us : there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. We 
 gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the 
 wilderness. Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible 
 famine. They violated the women in Zion, and the maids in the 
 city of Judah. Princes were hanged up by their hand : the faces of 
 elders were not honoured. They took the young men to grind, and the 
 children fell under the wood. The elders have ceased from the 
 gate, the young men from their music. The joy of our heart is 
 
 ceased ;
 
 axa ny^nS iva-iy • 
 
 tircb vn • |pmS» iWa nto&m er#j »t : "ie? niauna 
 
 t ; t I '•' " ; " ; • • t -; - • T •• ; t t ; • 
 
 ■np * isx |nq ^uk> inprrnat nirr nj?a : ^y-na na£>a i&S 
 *a^ Sai jnara^b wpxn *& : ivrnfr. Saxrn |i»xa m 
 nuiy nwaj n&tentt : thvftv nycya an*o nx xa* *a • Sin 
 &$q ninna aniy yj : tfjrrc en nanpa D^asb'n • syjna 
 rm i&S wip kimd n^iD : DrwaSa wa* tav a^a * D^a 
 
 : -flA UM# N^ D^a H&K * ^J"D| tt) »3 ty|lr^l niD 
 
 D^pf- atJ?J ^ D^qb ^ ♦ntranS t)w xb Dja^n nip* »)$ 
 «n»3V? * San urnty-^K my ny^an nrniy : «3n vh 
 yip r ♦ wranyi na^a wngx nx : y w *6 na-^j wa? 
 
 • d w n#a& warn vn d»W> : ttxp «a-*a wzy w^ia wsj? 
 naSj nirv rreto wax nn : vh lanx nan^a «p^i Dnnn-Sy 
 ■na »nj^ ♦&»&> j Dtya nrp iWa *r©g nete • oniivncra 
 
 ♦ *1?W! na#n Dia-iayn yhy;n* • py pxa °na#v Ding 
 nSa Dinx-na ^ npf> * ^ni^n^ eppr xS ]i»$-na Tja^y-Dn 
 
 j ipnxBrrS; 
 nasro unSm : unsirrnx n*ni b^an nh njrna nin; na? 
 wnfex ax px? wti D^in 1 : nnaj 1 ? wna Dn;S 
 ttnxra Sy. : ixa; -rn&a «*i& ^T^ *)£?? ^W : n^p^*? 
 j DnS yab'S n^ t 130) envp J u^-min-x^ naya; usm: 
 m ^etd Dnay : uSao Drvnbiy umx° d^n ^ton ^rnax 
 m\y : nanan ann ^ ^»nS x^aj «^35 : DT3? t^ p^ 
 nya hSna uy ji*v5 d*^J ' ajQ nisySr *i^? np53 n^n? 
 jinp Dnina : mn: xS D^pi >& br)i dt? onfc' : n^n? 
 j Dgy#? Dn^ina ^ina^ ny&t> D-apT : ^3 ^ ya Dny;n ^j 
 iarth rvjtasL ^IJJ ♦ *£&*} '%*>? ijsqi ijaS fc>ib'£ na^ 
 
 -*1X wnasr D3»«v -*6v psr no»an' nn^r- «my D»3pn* ^r .
 
 6 SERVICE FOR THE EVE OF THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands 
 unto God in heaven. We have transgressed and have rebelled: 
 thou hast not pardoned. Thou hast covered with anger, and perse- 
 cuted us : thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. Thou hast covered 
 thyself with a cloud, that our prayers should not pass through. 
 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the 
 people. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 
 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 
 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of 
 the daughter of my people. Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth 
 not, without any intermission, till the Lord look down and behold 
 from heaven. Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the 
 daughters of my city. Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, 
 without cause. They have cut oft' my life in the dungeon, and cast 
 a stone upon me. Waters flowed over my head ; then I said, I 
 am cut off. 
 
 I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou 
 hast heard my voice : close not thine ear to my breathing, to my 
 cry. Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee : thou 
 saidst, Fear not. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul ; 
 thou hast redeemed my life. O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong : 
 judge thou my cause. Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all 
 their imaginations against me. Thou hast heard their reproach, O 
 Lord, and all their imaginations against me ; the lips of those that 
 rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. Behold 
 at their sitting down, and at their rising up ; I am their music. 
 
 Thou wilt render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to 
 the work of their hands. Thou wilt give them sorrow of heart, thy 
 curse unto them. Thou wilt pursue and destroy them in anger 
 from under the heavens of the Lord. 
 
 Chapter iv. 
 Dyi" TiyX How is the gold become dim ! how is the most fine gold 
 changed ! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of 
 every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, 
 how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands 
 of the potter ! Even the sea-monsters draw out the breast, they give 
 suck to their young ones : but the daughter of my people is become 
 cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. The tongue of the suck- 
 ing child cleaveth to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the young 
 children ask bread, and no man dealeth it out unto them. They 
 that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were 
 brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. For the punishment of 
 the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the pu- 
 nishment of the sin of Sodom that was overthrown as in a moment, 
 and no hands stayed on her. Her Nazarites were purer than snow, 
 they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than 
 rubies, their polishing was of sapphire. Their visage is blacker than 
 a coal ; they are not known in the streets ; their skin cleaveth to 
 their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. They that are 
 slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: 
 
 for
 
 ta-^K d^-^k «3J^ kbo : riinpy nyraty rnprui wrn 
 *riD : rtari -vinya "A pjn nnbD : rtan kS ri;nn wmim 
 
 t • , ;•• I r I r r *• t t ; jt t t ; - t "II*" 
 
 ins : w^fc-Sj tin's wSjj ws : D*E®n a'jjji tiD*fc>ri dikdi 
 
 -u^-by \ry mn o^jfa : nawn mm uh rrn nnsi 
 "- • *' -- ...... V|T _ . ... T TT _— T 
 
 «T3 &pj?#riE : rton p«o nnnn kSi rnaa »yg : 'fty-nn 
 
 ^m nix : n^ nua SaE *bW? nbbiy *ry : DWb nirv 
 
 v - •'. ; • • . ~ ; r ; r | • •" * x t • t ; 
 
 -by caws* : *a pK-m w n nm to* : djh *a'fc Tisxa 
 h)p : niwn "to njrp y$w *>m^ • ^nnj "prm *&xi 
 ^NipK ova ranp j ^nyi^S *nnp3 ^tn d^"^ ?>w 
 nrron : »n nbaa ^ ; £rt *an ^k nan : NnTi-btf mca 
 
 t-t t - t ; * t " ; — ••• t-; r ; ~ t • - T ; - T 
 
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 t II" t t t|;' t t • t • t : • t;t • tt** t, 
 
 *by Ditoni »op *nsb> : ^y DnxTO-ba niir onsin jwdg? 
 
 - *t t ; v ; - J t " ; ■ t »t t ; ; - t t t v ; v t '; - 1 
 
 onb a^n : nnra!: ^n nt^an Dnra DtfaE> : Di*rrba 
 
 vt ■ t tt-;- • -; t " - tt|-; r ; ■ - T 
 
 : Drib sp^sft a^W Dnb ;nn : bnn* nb^yos nirv ^ca 
 
 : nip: w nnns DT&K'n') ^? *)T$i 
 #joa Bnjr^ax nj5i6^ft • ai&n onsri kj0* am oyv na\x 
 tt^ro ro»« • isa D\^D»n mi rtnc ^a : ninn-ba 
 
 : : ••■ t •• t - • t •.. ;r '|t:i- 1 • •• : T 
 
 * xax3 i^n-SiS* p^v ji^S pan ! nsna? D^y;^ ipxS ^y-ns 
 ^^: C3»ns©^ Q^SjBJ : DnS p« bnb DnS iW D'SSiy 
 ^y-ns |iy S^*i : nijwx Jipan ySin ^y. D^ftxn * ni^in? 
 nn*n =15. : dh» na ^n-xSi yirifi3 rtw&nn • did nxtsno 
 
 TV*; " * TT T T '. T '. T- ;~ --.. 
 
 •n^n : Dmn tsd d^^3» D^y id*\s* • nSn» jipiv ^Scb 
 
 I - T T T; * • - " " I * V F .' ; T T T " ~ V V " 
 
 rrn g£t De»yby Dniy nsx * ni^'ins n33 xS dind iinwo 
 
 Tr "T t \ w ~ w ~ t w - r - ; • tt; t ; 
 
 nnpiD Ji3T^ Dn^ • ayn ^SnD ann-^n vn o»ate : ™ 
 
 •|t •., ; \t v ■•• t t "• ; - •' v v ■• ; - t I *• t
 
 5 SERVICE FOR THE EVE OF THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall 
 the women eat their fruit, infants of a span long? Shall the 
 priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? The 
 young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and 
 my young men are fallen by the sword ; thou hast slain them in the 
 day of thine anger ; thou hast killed, and not pitied. Thou hast 
 called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day 
 of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have 
 swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. 
 
 Chapter iii. 
 
 1iyr\ "ON I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his 
 wrath. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into 
 light. Surely against me is he turned; he turned his hand against 
 me all the day. My flesh and my skin hath he made old, he hath 
 broken my bones. He hath builded against me, and compassed me 
 with gall and travail. He hath set me in dark places as they t/tat be 
 dead of old. He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he 
 hath made my chain heavy. Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth 
 out my prayer. He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath 
 made my paths crooked. He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, 
 and as a lion in secret places. He hath turned aside my ways, and 
 pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. He hath bent his 
 bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He hath caused the 
 arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. I have become a derision 
 to all my people ; and their song all the day. He hath filled me with 
 bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. He hath 
 also broken my teeth with gravel stones : he hath covered me with 
 ashes. And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace : I have 
 forgotten prosperity. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished 
 from the Lord : remembering mine affliction and my misery, the 
 wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, 
 and is humbled in me. This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. 
 
 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his 
 compassions fail not. They are renewed every morning: great is thy 
 faithfulness. • The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will 
 I hope in him. The Lord is good to them that wait for him, to the 
 soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and 
 quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that 
 he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, 
 because he hath borne it upon him. He putteth his mouth in the 
 dust ; peradventure there may be hope. He giveth his cheek to him 
 that smiteth him : he is filled full with reproach. For the Lord will 
 not cast off for ever : but though he cause grief, yet will he have com- 
 passion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not 
 afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. To crush under 
 his feet all the prisoners of the earth ; to turn aside the right of a 
 man before the eyes of the most High; to subvert a man in his cause, 
 the Lord approveth not. 
 
 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord com- 
 mandeth it not ? Out of the mouth of the most High proceed not 
 evil and good? Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for 
 the punishment of his sins ? Let us search and try our ways, and 
 
 turn
 
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 t -. -|. . . .. T .. " \ ' "f'| t ; ■ • r t ; - 
 
 &|)j niinii T&ina |pn TQ ni^^in p v iA asp : k*3}} pa 
 "iyi& DV3 fcnpn j rtan xS nrato ^sn Dva win • anna 
 
 "■ ; t|; ■ t ;|t t t ; - t I ••• - : t ; -t -,-t ••• 
 
 WfiD-iBte ■ into b^s rrtmja ova rrn xSi t3dd n«& 
 
 -j&i ^n ^h ru »ni« j irnaj. B3#| ^V T . nxn n^n r?x 
 niyi ntoi rta : ofi»fr^a iT y&v a&rpa ^x j tin 
 ^n tfagrii&a : nxSni tfan S|j2l ^y r nja : *ni»?y i3B> 
 py_»x ^ a^ : wro Taan area xS) nsa T!3 : D bw W3 
 
 2ix ai : my *rvQTO rvwa *an ru : *rtan dw y^xi 
 
 T f. - . . . T . ~t; -t ' . T ' •' tt ~~ 
 
 ipn i aw ^Db' \wsV ttid ^371 : DnQppa nns »S wn 
 wn : ins#x ua *n^aa x*an : pn 1 ? tfjgai ^am wp 
 : njyS ^rn oniisa ^ab>n : ovrrSa Dnya ^ySaS pfeiip 
 wa ^S3 ubm mini : nsxa ^trsan ♦•)# n n ^ dw 
 
 • t ; - t - ; • ~ v •• t • - • ; • t • I t t v ••; — 
 
 myS +vnb\ "ay-iar : nira ^nini Tim i3x i&ki : naiB 
 -Sy ♦a { r^M a^'x nxr : *#jm *W iwm niarn -o : #*hi 
 wvhn : feni ta-xS *3 uorrxS *a nirr npn : ^nix |a 
 : 'h hffitt ja-Sy ^$3 mox nirv *pSn j ^a§ nan DnfaS 
 : nirr ny^nS own nwi aito : nufi^nri ^sA ybb nin^ niB 
 : vSy Sb3 *s dti 113 SB* : miwa S'y Mft^a 13^ 3iD 
 : nsins ys^ ^n^ ins^S jw : rnpp b^» ^w ^n^s nsy r 3 p: 
 x^ ^3 : vnon 3h3 Dnii n:in-Dx *a : ^ nSiyS n^r^ xS *3 
 : px n;px ^3 v^i nnn x3iS j tr^-^3 n^i is'pp nay 
 kS ^ i3n3 D-ix n^S : p^y ^2 i|3 iga-Bs^o rtisrh 
 x*r\ x 1 ? ji^y »3» : nw x 1 ? ^nx *nr»5 idx nr *b : nxn 
 
 .... J . ^„ . . T . T -. ... - T • T T 
 
 nb>sm : ?xton-^y 13a *n dix j:ixn*-na j yH2>r\) niynn
 
 4 SERVICE FOR THF, EVE OF THE NINTH DAY OF AH. 
 
 adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle 
 of the daughter of Zion : he poured out his fury like fire. The 
 Lord was as an enemy : he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath 
 swallowed up all her palaces : he hath destroyed his strong holds, 
 and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lament- 
 ation. He hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a 
 garden : he hath destroyed his assembly : the Lord hath caused 
 the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath 
 despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. 
 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanc- 
 tuary, he hath given up into the hand of her enemy the walls 
 of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in 
 the day of a joyous feast. The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall 
 of the daughter of Zion : he hath stretched out a line, he hath not 
 turned back his hand from destroying : therefore he made the rampart 
 and the wall to lament and to languish together. Her gates are 
 sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her 
 king and her princes are among the Gentiles : the law is no more ; 
 her prophets also find no vision from the Lord. The elders of the 
 daughter of Zion sit upon the ground in mournful silence: they have 
 cast up dust upon their heads ; they have girded themselves with 
 sackcloth : the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. 
 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured 
 out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; 
 because the babes and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. 
 They said to their mothers, Where iscorn and wine? when they swooned 
 as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured 
 out upon their mothers' bosom. What thing shall I take to witness for 
 thee? what thing shall I compare to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? 
 what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter 
 of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee ? 
 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they 
 have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but 
 have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. All 
 that pass by clap their hands at thee ; they hiss and wag their head 
 at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call 
 The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth ? All thine 
 enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash 
 the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is 
 the day that we looked for ; we have found, we have seen it. The 
 Lord hath done that which he had devised ; he hath fulfilled his 
 word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, 
 and hath not pitied: and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over 
 thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. Their heart 
 cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run 
 down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the 
 apple of thine eye cease. Arise, cry out in the night : in the be- 
 ginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the 
 face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy 
 young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street, 
 vol v. c Behold,
 
 axn rrg&rh rvyy n 
 
 ^T! jfei tf»3 ' *)^ r.33 : in»n ^n| ^ fiTTO Sn^ri 
 n*j«8 rryinj-roa n^ji • vnxab jw rptftowSj y*p3 
 *i#ti |i»x| ' rrtn'. rD# • rigb rw i3fc> [& Dbnn : n$tt 
 i&rrpD *i&u in^TD tfro ro? : jrpi "tjSd iaK-Djn? p*yi n|Bh 
 DV| nirrnria uija Sip * jroitaFW nfain Tix-Ta T5pn 
 iT y#n& ip ntpj |i»yra n&in n wnb rnrr im : -ijnfi 
 ?J*38? H^3 W^b : ^SftK TCir n»irn SrrSjxn ■ $&3D 
 nwna-Da nnin p« D*ta mfen naSib • irrma naeh T3K 
 
 tv-; - t I •• • t vx ; t; - tv-; - • ; - • 
 
 •nag sfcjjT! |i*?TO !3j?J ^T p&£> ^ : n l n -^ P T *«p^ 
 : pWn* riWia jjfth p«S nnin • D'pfr ran DBterSy 
 ij^-Sg H5? H5& ^^ TO rojri&n ȣg ni$ra fe 
 n?x nW| Dnax 1 ? : nnp nin'rra pari SSiv *|&83 * W^l 
 p'rr 1 ^ D^si T[£sn^ri3 *i»5? ntiiria Vpris DBTOEia * pn |jn 
 ^S-wk n& t&#vr nan ^-nanx n& •^pya-na : onbx 
 : •^rxri? 'J? ^*t}# D»| Snr^ ' flyni rtana ^arcan 
 
 ♦ "sppfcip n^nS "sjftt^ &inibi hsarn *)& ^ «n yw*} 
 niySa D»|3 ^Sg ipso : d™ >*)& niafeto ^ MQ?! 
 vtidk»# *vyn r\K,n • dWw na-^_ d^o ^ *pjp ^ti 
 Jipn^ ip?« b opts ^ rc§ : parrS; 1 ? wa *& rb'hi 
 : wan UN$p myptf Di»n nt T|K • ^a naa i^-pirn 
 «Si dti Dip-^a nra iBte im&N y*:n dot -to rrirv nb>y 
 
 • — t vlv •• t * v — 1 T I T ™ ' tt v -; t ; T w *r 
 
 * ^"^ D l^ p^V : T"3? HP ^ ^ T-^t n ^^P- ' ^90 
 niis ^nn-Sx n^Sj ddV nyp^ Snsr) nnin )i»v ns noin 
 
 ^s^ nn»^x ^xnS °^3 ii ' *»ip : ^^:n| d^jt^ ^ 
 
 ^SSiy ^j-^ T^ 5 V t^ ^ 4 *3^ '3? n ^ ^ Q -^ 
 ^SSiy ^ warn nin^ n«i tni^n-^i ^15 asn? D *^ to S5 
 
 *I3 nfe" innc TW°
 
 6 SERVICE FOR THE EVE OF THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 enter into thy congregation. All her people sigh, they seek bread; 
 they have given their pleasant things for meat to sustain life : 
 see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile. 
 
 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by ? Behold, and see if there 
 be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, where- 
 with the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. 
 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth 
 against them : he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me 
 back : he hath made me desolate and faint all day. The yoke of 
 my transgressions is bound by his hand : they are wreathed, and 
 come up upon my neck : he hath made my strength to fall, the 
 Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from tohom I am not able 
 to rise up. The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men 
 in the midst of me : he hath called an assembly against me to crush 
 my young men : the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of 
 Judah, as in a winepress. For these things I weep; mine eye, 
 mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that 
 should relieve my soul is far from me : my children are desolate, 
 because the enemy has prevailed. Zion spreadeth forth her hands, but 
 there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning 
 Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him : Jerusalem 
 is as a menstruous woman among them. 
 
 The Lord is righteous ; for I have rebelled against his command- 
 ment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow; my 
 virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. 1 called for my 
 lovers, but they deceived me : my priests and mine elders expired 
 in the city, while they were seeking food in order to support 
 life. Behold, O Lord ; for I am in distress : my bowels are 
 troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously 
 rebelled : abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. 
 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine 
 enemies have heard of my trouble ; they are glad that thou hast 
 done it : thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they 
 shall be like unto me. Let all their wickedness come before thee ; 
 and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgres- 
 sions : for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. 
 
 Chap. ii. 
 ny& How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a 
 cloud in his anger, how hath he cast down from heaven unto the earth 
 the beauty of Israel, and hath not remembered his footstool in the 
 day of his anger ! The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of 
 Jacob, and hath not pitied : he hath thrown down in his wrath the 
 strong holds of the daughter of Judah ; he hath brought them down to 
 the ground : he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 
 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn 
 back his right hand from before the enemy, and he hath burned against 
 Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. He hath 
 bent his bow like an enemy : he hath fixed his right hand as an 
 
 adversary
 
 axa ry&rb tvyy a 
 
 : *nS Snpa yfcxnib nmy t^k ntfipa wa tru nnxv^a 
 
 |t t Jt _ t t • • — ; tt|; - t t-;t- 
 
 ywrb baaa dpfwib uru orb tz^paft dtom hsy^a 
 
 • i : ••■ •• ■• - -: - :it v v ■ |: - : ■ rv;v i-*- t 
 
 nay-Sa oa^Sx wSiS : n^i? *n"Pi *a nB'ani nirv nxn • tf£3 
 
 .. . r r .,..._■ T .. • • t • t • - ; t ; •• ; • t 
 
 t#$ * ^ ^y ^ vatoaa $*w v':£x wy ^35 TJl 
 fena 'n}Ti»| *nbxya tyK-nW ciiap :ia«prjDV3nin*min 
 
 \na ^ru • to S^an nam-Sy &y scnnfc^ iTa 'y#a Sy 
 ,( ?3J fcfljj ^a->pa Tik ' ♦"3*5^3 n^p : op Sawx 1 ? npa 
 -Sy : rnirrna rtanaS »rt« ^ na • nma ^S nyto 
 a»B>a ama »3)|Jb pn-ra d*» htv *yy ■ ^y n*aia »&$ ■ nW 
 rx ir-pa n»x nena : -rta naa ^ D*$ai# ^a vn • ^s: 
 
 I ■• t vt; I • T J" •• - > • • " - * t • ; - 
 
 rmh uheftV: nn^n • mx va*ao apy^S nirr n« n^ dto 
 
 t • ; • - t ; T ;|t t t t • ; J r —-\ t ; t • t ■• - ; 
 
 arfl D^yn - 1 ?? fctiijtfjp • WSJ ^a-^a njrv wn pnv J DJIV3 
 
 n^n ^artxftS »nanp : *a^'a oSn nira *rfona *afcaia 
 
 T .. __._.,_ . T | T . ... _ . |T - - . • ; - 
 
 -nx tew isS ^ax *0|Er*$ • wj5 *rya *apn »ina ^isn 
 \~\12 »a ^a-ipa \s^ ijanj «-w ^p ^-ra^a nyv nan : DgteD 
 
 ^x nroxj »a ttw : nisa n*aa anrrnSa^ nn& • 'nnn 
 
 • T T T V; V • ' : 1 T V T ~ • V V T J ■ | • • • T 
 
 nxan * rp&j nj^ *a ^ ^njjn ^^ ^a^-^a H nn^ \'x 
 
 nt^xa i^S y?isri Tififc onyrSa «an : ^ba vnn nxnp-DV 
 
 : 'r\ *a^ ^n'n;x niar'a • ^a*Sa Sy_ ,( ? nS^iy 
 nnxsn p« owb y^ p*V'na-nN* ^n^'isxa a^^ T na\s: 
 k^ % n« y^a : isx ova v^i-ann isr^b\ • Sfco&r 
 y?an rn^n^na n.^» inn^^i D^_n npy^_ nixr^a nx ban 
 
 nSax nan|p ^ apy:a iya?i * a.^s* »as» to*2?; ninN a^ ; n
 
 2 SERVICE FOR THE EVE OF THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 Psalm cxxxvii. 
 
 mini 7V By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we 
 wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the 
 willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away 
 captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of 
 us mirth, saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we 
 sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, 
 let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, 
 let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jeru- 
 salem above my chief joy. Remember, O Lord, the children of 
 Edom in the day of Jerusalem ; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to 
 the foundation thereof. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be de- 
 stroyed ; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served 
 us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones 
 against the stones. 
 
 Then say the ordinary Evening Service, from cnm Kirn Vol. I, p. 36, till the end of 
 the "Amidah" p. 42. 
 
 THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS. 
 Chap. i. 
 nyil How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! how 
 is she become as a widow ! she that teas great among the nations, 
 and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary ! 
 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks ; 
 among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her : all her friends 
 have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. 
 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of 
 great servitude : she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no 
 rest : all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. The 
 ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the appointed feasts : 
 all her gates are desolate : her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, 
 and she is in bitterness. Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies 
 prosper ; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her 
 transgressions : her children are gone into captivity before the 
 enemy. And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed : 
 her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are 
 gone without strength before the pursuer. Jerusalem remembered 
 in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant 
 things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the 
 hands of the enemy, and none did help her : the adversaries saw 
 her, and did mock at her sabbaths. Jerusalem must have grievously 
 sinned, to have become thus rejected : all that honoured her despise 
 her, because they have seen her nakedness : yea, she sigheth, and 
 turneth backward. Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she remem- 
 bered not her last end ; therefore she came down wonderfully : she 
 had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction : for the enemy 
 hath magnified himself. The adversary hath spread out his hand upon 
 all her pleasant things : for she hath seen that the heathen entered 
 into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not 
 
 enter
 
 axa r\ywrb ivany 3 
 
 -hs. : nnrna wnata * waa-oa aaB* de> Sas i nhnr-Sy 
 
 I I • *• I T : • T - ; - T T V T -;- '- 
 
 waW wb*& i db> *a j wni-naa « ,l ?n • rtaina c^any 
 t»^j y^ : P*v 1*$? w 1 ? n»# ■ n nab w^Tirn Ttf-*m 
 : »y# nagto zbmy ijna#>rt»jt : 153 nona Sy • jrrBhiK 
 ♦ D^n;-n« ntyx x^-nx 'aian* nS-dx ^rb ' *aie^? pa^n 
 Dn£kn d^tt dv nx dhn* ^aS ■ « na? j *nnjpB> Bfci Sy 
 •^-dW?b> nBta mneri ^aa _ na \ na TiD^n ny_ *njrny 
 
 : a'o rn'op >vd -iy vS ep 'k pbn Dim xim p bina iraa rva-i]/ n'rsn iimni 
 
 Dnaa Tian • nj&Sxa nrvn oy *nan Tyrr -na nacr ' na»N 
 
 - • T - T T ; - ; T ;|T *T • T - ^- T T T T ; | T T " 
 
 rimm nS^a naan iaa : wh nivn nun&a ttib> 
 
 t*r ; •; T . — - *■' ; • t -r t ; | t " ; — • t t 
 
 nS vn na ma rrp-Sa • n'anx-SaD Droo nS-rx rrnS W 
 
 T T T ; T T ^V *• T TV - ; T • ** ~ I T | " T V; V ^- 
 
 nxra kS d^-q natr wr\ may antfl >fyb mw nrta : MfcS 
 
 t ; | T • t : it ■ t *•; ...»■.. T . T .| T • : 1 : 
 
 rtfciK fn wi j EFUflsn pa nwwn rvsrrSa • hud 
 
 ■•-;!• •• ; - - T ; - I •• t ■ • t v ; 1 t - T 
 
 irrtana ' qtom irna rmtr nnytrSa nyiD \sa >L >aD 
 
 TV • T VJ V T V -; I • •■ T V> ; T rl " " T • ■ 
 
 X T T T V ; I ; T V T T T — • J 
 
 |i*V"na p K£*i : iv *^ ^ ^P D*^ ' ? W^'" 1 '^- 
 na-xSa ^^1 njno ixvd-nS n^\xa nnb^ vn • PiTn-Sa 
 
 - ..._*!,..• .| T • T ~ ; T Vr T T T - : T 
 
 im n^artD Sa nnrw my w d^t nnar : ftnin »afc 
 
 v — j t v \— ; ~ tv ; t . T " : t : t ;it | •• •■ : ■ 
 
 * nn^n rrwb ta-^y d^b^t nxton xton : nn2^'D-Sy ipnb^ 
 
 T T T T * I I ■' • "" T J T ; I T I •■ TV"; ^- | - ; T 
 
 : ninK a^ni nnaxa x^n-D-i nnny WT*a n^nn nnaatr^a 
 
 T T T ~ t ; v v • — T t ;**r T T • * T v ; - ; T 
 
 • rh on^a rx d**6b nnni nnnnx mar xS n^^a nnx^ 
 
 T ••-;!•• " T ; .,...- T • -; - T ;|T TV ; T T ; \ 
 
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 T V ~ - ; - T *• T _ T T •• ...... »r v , . ...
 
 SERVICE 
 
 THE NINTH DAY OF AB. 
 
 On entering the Synagogue say — 
 
 "ONI " In the greatness of thy benevolence, I enter thy House; in 
 reverence of thee, I bow down towards the temple of thy holiness." 
 
 EVENING SERVICE. 
 
 vlJfP May the great name of the Eternal be exalted, and sanc- 
 tified throughout the created world, according to his will ; may he 
 establish his kingdom, cause his redemption to spring forth, and 
 hasten the advent of his anointed, in your days, and in the days of 
 all the house of Israel, speedily ! And say ye, Amen. 
 
 {Cong.) Amen. May the name of the Lord be blessed for ever, 
 throughout all worlds ! 
 
 "pUrit May his hallowed name be praised, glorified, exalted, 
 magnified, and adored ! Blessed is He, far exceeding all blessings, 
 hymns, and praises, that can be uttered in the world ! And say ye, 
 Amen. 
 
 D17&' \T May the fulness of peace from Heaven, life, plenty, 
 salvation, consolation, health, redemption, pardon, expiation, en- 
 largement, and freedom, be granted unto us, and all Israel ! And 
 say ye, Amen. 
 
 •Tvtfy Mav He who maketh peace in his high Heavens, grant peace 
 unto us, and all Israel ! And say ye, Amen.
 
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 icik nwan rvnb D33:n 
 
 Sdti.Sk rniwx ♦ ^rvn xsx ^pjpn nhs ^ 
 
 : rrarp 
 
 yhfr) • tons ana -fte oSiys • Wtjtj iD^ Bhj?tfl S^iy 
 
 j px n&xi anp pni rnrps Saw rva b *r£fl 
 j D^Siy ^ijta D^iy 1 ? * ■sfifbg ^nan to^ *n; 
 
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 FORMS OF PRAYERS. 
 
 VOL V.
 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 Evening Service for the Ninth Day of Ab 
 
 Morning Service do. .... 
 
 Afternoon Service do. .... 
 
 Morning Service for the Fast of Gedaliah 
 
 Morning Service for the Tenth Day of Tebeth 
 
 Morning Service for the Seventeenth Day of Tamrauz 
 
 Service for Circumcision 
 
 Redemption of the First Born 
 
 Service for Naming a Girl 
 
 Burial Service .... 
 
 Prayer for Mourners . 
 
 Prayer said bv the Minister on the Sabbath after a Funeral 
 
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 FORMS OF PRAYER 
 
 USED IN 
 
 THE WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE 
 
 OF 
 
 BRITISH JEWS, 
 
 WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION. 
 
 EDITED BY 
 
 THE REV. D. W. MARKS, 
 
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 THE REV. A. LOWY, 
 
 MINISTERS OF THE CONGREGATION. 
 
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