Ibid., fol. 12, col. 2.

The proper use of money is that thou learn the art of dealing honestly, so that thy No be no and thy Yes, yes; and as far as possible be benevolent with the money.  “And the liberal by liberal things shall stand” (Isa. xxxii. 8).

Ibid.

The sage says, “The eye of a needle is not narrow enough for two friends, but the world in not wide enough for two enemies.”

Ibid., fol. 14, col. 1.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me” (Ps. li. 10).  Know thou that the heart is the source of life, and is placed in the centre of the body as the Holy of holies, as stated in the Book Zohar, is the central part of the world.  Therefore one must have his heart cleansed from evil and all evil thoughts, otherwise he introduces an idol into the innermost part of the Temple, which ought to be a dwelling-place for the Shechinah. (See 1 Cor. iii, 16, 17, and vi. 19.)

Kitzur Sh’lh, fol. 14, col. 2.

He who gazes even on the little finger of a woman is as if he looked on her to lust after her.  He should not give ear to a woman’s voice, for the voice of a woman is lewdness.  This sin is much discussed in the Zohar; it causes the husband to come to poverty, and deprives him and her sons of all respect.

Ibid., fol. 17, col. 1.

    The sages of the Kabbalah were not singular in this view.  The
    Talmud Yerush, Callah, fol. 58, col. 3, says, “He that looks
    upon a woman’s heel is guilty of an act of lewdness.”

Eating meat after cheese or cheese after meat is a very serious sin; and it is stated in the Zohar, section Mishpatim, that upon him who is without scruple in this regard, an evil spirit will rest for forty days, his soul will be from the spirit which has no holiness.

Ibid., fol. 18, col. 2.

The sages of the Kabbalah have written that it becomes him who has in him the fear of Heaven to have a vessel of water near his bed, in order that (on waking in the morning) he may not need to walk four ells without washing his hands, for he who walks four ells without washing his hands has forfeited his life as a divine punishment.

Ibid., fol. 43, col. 2.

When a man is dressing, he should first put on the right shoe and leave it unfastened till he has put on and fastened the left; then he should fasten the right, as it is explained in the Shulchan Aruch.

Ibid., fol. 44, col. 2.

The following are some of the many laws relating to the Shemonah-esreh, or the eighteen blessings which form the most devotional part of daily worship, and which are repeated three times on (ordinary) week-days, and four times on Sabbaths, new moons, and on appointed feasts:—­

Before commencing the Shemonah-esreh one should step back three paces, in order to be able to advance three steps.  The reason of this is that Moses our Rabbi—­peace be on him!—­advanced before his prayer into the three divisions, “darkness, clouds, and thick darkness” (Deut. iv. 11).  And this is also the reason why after finishing the Shemonah-esreh three steps backward are to be made, returning through these three parts or divisions.