We are taught that the priest's shirt atones for
murder, his drawers atone for whoredom, his mitre for pride, his girdle
for evil thoughts, his breastplate for injustice, his ephod for
idolatry; his overcoat atones for slander, and the golden plate on his
forehead atones for impudence.
_Zevachim_, fol. 88, col. 2.
All this and a great deal more on the subject may be found in
the Selichoth for Yom Kippur.
For seven years was the land of Israel strewn with brimstone and salt.
_Yoma_, fol. 54, col. 1.
"Then shall we raise against him seven shepherds" (Micah. v. 5). Who are
these seven shepherds? David in the middle: Adam, Seth, and Methuselah
on his right hand; Abraham, Jacob, and Moses on his left.
_Succah_, fol. 52, col. 2.
Who were the seven prophetesses? The answer is, Sarah, Miriam, Deborah,
Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, and Esther.
_Meggillah_, fol. 14, col. 2.
It is lawful to look into the face of a bride for seven days after her
marriage, in order to enhance the affection with which she is regarded
by her husband, and there is no Halachah (or law) like this.
_Kethuboth_, fol. 17, col. 1.
The Rabbis are especially careful to caution their daughters to
guard against such habits as might lower them in the regard of
their husbands, lest they should lose aught of that purifying
and elevating power which they exercised as maidens.
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