Note 518 — Chapter XXIV · PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.
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This custom seems to have been copied from the Jews, who are accustomed to abound in almsgiving and other good works during the ten days commencing with their New Year’s Day and ending with the Day of Atonement, more than in all the rest of the year.—See Dr. M’Caul’s “Old Paths,” pp. 125, 129.