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"When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after
their number, then shall they give, every man a ransom
for his soul to the Lord, when thou numberst them, that
there be no plague among them, when thou numberst them."
Of what does this Sabbath remind us? If I ask some of
my brethren inclined to [ad]accept whatever partakes of the an incom-
-prehensibleof a mystic incomprehensiblecharacter, I shall recieve the following an-
-swer. It recalls what we have very often heard, that thee "evil
eye" exercises great influence over human affairs. If I put
the same question to individuals holding rationalistic views,
individuals who regard regarding Moses simply as a shrewd legislator, I shall be told
that the role of taking the census through a capitation tax,
brings to memory the sagacitywisdom of the son of Aaron, who knew
how to turn prevailing superstitions to good account.
Both parties however, would falsely represent facts in a false light our [uhgers]. That the
ordinance of giving the half of a shekel was intended
to screensave - from the so-calledeffect of the "Ngain [Harang]," or
hurtful looks-,supposed to be most at work for mischief,
when people are numbered, I must deny for two reasons.
First, because the admission of that the admission [idea grounded]idea clearly implies a distraction from the
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Ngain has been a way to refer to "ע"