L. Goldmerstein

“ It must be clearly understood that the sacrificial ceremony described above is not any part of the Jewish sacrificial rites, and in some points openly contradicts it. One of the most striking features of this performance is the use of the two-edged knife. The use of sacrificial ashes for divination is met with several times in the Talmud and Midrash ”

“ Adam knew and understood that it was an angel, and by an angel [in my copy mlkh is printed, but it is evidently a mistake for ml'kh] this book was sent to him; and he kept it therefore in holiness and pureness. These are the words of the book: If a man be wishing to prosper and to make anything out of it, let him count three days before the beginning of the month, and let him eat nothing forbidden by the law, or having blood in it; let him drink no wine and approach no woman ”