Tsrael's will to survive manifested itself in nothing so mach as in the tenacity and assiduous care whereby the children were won and held to their spiritual allegiance. There is a legend which bears significantly on this remarkable trait of our people. When the Israelites stood at the foot of Sinai, God asked them to confirm their verbal promise by offering a surety that the Law about to be delivered to them would be faithfully upheld." Lord of the world,' said they, "What surety van we offer?". "Give your children", said God. On that day the Israelites made their children sponsors of their faith and Law. And the Jewish father throughout the ages honourably redeemed his pledge. The command "Thou shalt teach thy children diligently" was not taken as a metaphor without reality. It was looked upon as the plan and purpose of Jewish life. Few could bestow an their offspring "The blessing of the deep that beth beneath." But as for the "blessing they set out in a world that seethes with ambition and a brutal self-assertion.
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