s answers are
according to the Halachah; (5.) his subjects of discourse are orderly
arranged, the first subject first and the last last; (6.) if he has not
heard of a thing, he says, I have not heard it; and (7.) he confesseth
the truth. The characteristics of the ill-bred man are just the contrary
of these.

_Avoth_, chap. 5, mish. 10.

If a man does not work during the six days of the week, he may be
obliged to work all the seven.

_Avoth d'Rab. Nathan_, chap. 11.

Seven have no portion in the world to come:--A notary; a schoolmaster,
the best of physicians, a judge who dispenses justice in his own native
town, a wizard, a congregational reader (or law-officer), and a butcher.

_Avoth d Rab. Nathan_, chap. 37.

Seven attributes avail before the Throne of Glory, and these
are:--Wisdom, righteousness, judgment, grace, mercy, truth, and peace.

Ibid., chap. 36.

There are seven points in which a righteous man excels another:--(1.)
The wife of the one is more comely than the other's; (2.) so are the
children of the one as compared with those of the other; (3.) if the two
partake of one dish, each enjoys the taste according to his doings; (4.)
if the two dye in one vat, by one the article is dyed properly, by the
other not; (5, etc.) the one excels the other in wisdom, in
understanding, in knowledge, and stature, as it is said (Prov. xii. 26),
"The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor."

Ibid., chap. 37.

Seven patriarchs were covenant-makers:--Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
Moses, Aaron, Phinehas, and David.

_Derech Eretz Zuta_, chap. 1.

Seven liquids are comprehended under the generic term drink (Lev. xi.
34):--Dew, water, wine, oil, blood, milk, and honey.

_Machshirin_, chap. 6, mish 6.

For tertian fever take seven small grapes from seven different vines;
seven threads from seven different pieces of cloth; seven nails from
seven different bridges; seven handfuls of ashes from seven different
fireplaces; seven bits of pitch from seven ships, one piece from each;
seven scrapings of dust from as many separate doorways; seven cummin
seeds; seven hairs from the lower jaw of a dog and tie them upon the
throat with a papyrus fibre.

_Shabbath_, fol. 66, col. 2.

The Rabbis teach that the precept relating to the lighting of a candle
at the Feast of Dedication applies to a whole household, but that those
who are particular light a candle for each individual member, and those
that are extremely part