44. The `Shema' (Jewish creed), with its collects, the eighteen `benedictions,' and `the grace at meat.' A
later Rabbi vindicated the use of the `Shema' in Greek by the argument that the word Shema meant not
only `Hear,' but also `understand' (Jer. Sotah vii. 1.) Comp. sotah vii. 1, 2. In Ber. 40 b, it is said that the
Parashah connected with the woman suspected of adultery, the prayer and confession at the bringing
of the tithes, and the various benedictions over food, may be said not only in Hebrew, but in any other
languages.
45. Mass. Sopher i. Hal. 7 - at the close of vol. ix. of the Bab. Talmud.
46. Hilch. Ged. Taan.
47. Jer. Meg. i. 11, ed. Krot. p. 71 b and c.
48. Philo, Vita Mos. ii. ed. Francf. p. 660.