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7 THE LIBRARY of VICTORIA UNIVERSITY TorontoinIfbeaflfcessiabUbe Jewishflbea fnflfcessfab Jewish BY H. PH. D.GREENSTONE,JULIUS PHILADELPHIA THE PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICAJEWISH 1906UYU COPYRIGHT, 1906, T AMERICASOCIETY OFPUBLICATIONTHE JEWISH OS I I3TO THE MEMORY OF MOTHERMY