ABSTRACT

Judaism is more than a theology; it is a religion. It keeps ever before the Israelite the thought of his consecration; but it also helps him to transform that thought into a reality. It concerns itself with the entire domain of the practical life. The daily life of the Jew who conforms to their rules is sown thick with religious observances to match the manifestations of the Divine that fill the daily life. The pious Israelite attaches the Divine name and commands to his door-post in token that in his home God and Duty are enshrined. He lays the fringes on his heart, and with them the call to purity of life. He fastens the phylacteries about his arm as a sign that he has bound himself to the Divine service.