Oh! the Holy One, blessed be He, bless you, Rebbitzin, of course I'll take a cup of coffee; I don't know any one else who makes coffee with such a sweet savor; it would do for a spice offering when the Almighty restores us our Temple.

You are a happy mortal, Rabbi.

You will permit that I seat myself at the table ?" Without awaiting permission he pushed a chair between Levi and Hannah and sat down; then he got up again and washed his hands and helped himself to a spare egg.
"Here is your copy, Reb Shemuel," he went on after an interval.

"You see it is dedicated generally: "'To the Pillars of English Judaism.' "They are a set of donkey-heads, but one must give them a chance of rising to higher things.

It is true that not one of them understands Hebrew, not even the Chief Rabbi, to whom courtesy made me send a copy.
Perhaps he will be able to read my poems with a dictionary; he certainly can't write Hebrew without two grammatical blunders to every word.