Excerpt from Discourses on the Jewish Religion, Vol. 2 O thou, who appointest to each man a destiny of good or evil as his ways may deserve, and who art ever ready to annul the evil decree, when the sinner returneth unto Thee with prayer and sincerity, re ceive now, at this season of forgiveness of sin, the supplications which we, thy people Israel, address to Thee In the countries of our captivity; and may our prayer be as acceptable before Thee, as was the sac rifice without blemish which was formerly brought to thy temple as an atonement for the transgressions of thy congregation. O save us from evil! 0 protect us from the contumely of the ungodly and the perse cutions of the strangers to thy holy creed; and let thy grace be displayed over us, so that all inhabitants of the earth may see, that in truth we are called by thy name. May this be thy will. Amen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.