ABSTRACT
I. A CERTAIN disciple prayed before Rabbi Ohanina, and said, " 0 God! ,vha art great, mighty, formidable, magnificent, strong, terrible, valiant, po,verful, real and honoured! " lIe waited until he had finished, and then said to hinl, cc Hast thou ended all the praises of thy God 1 Need ,ve enumerate so many 1 As for us, even the three terms of praise which we usually repeat, \ve should not dare to utter, had not ]\tIoses, our nlaster, pronounced them in the law (Dent. x. 17), and had not the men of the Great Synagogue ordained them for prayer; and yet thou hast repeated so many and still seemest inclined to go on. It is as if one ,vere to compliulent a king because of his silver, who is master of a thousand thou/sands of gold denarii. VVouldst thou thinl{ that becoming 1"
Beracltoth, fo1. 33, col. 2.
