those who profess obedience to the laws and religion of Moses.

When a modern Jew builds a house, he must leave part of it unfurnished, in remembrance that the temple and Jerusalem now lie desolate. They lay great stress upon frequent washings. They abstain from meats prohibited by the Levitical law; for which reason, whatever they eat must be dressed by Jews, and after a manner peculiar to themselves. Every Jew is obliged to marry, and a man who lives to twenty unmarried, is accounted as actually living in sin.

The Jews, it is said, were formerly at the disposal of the chief lord where they lived, and likewise all their goods. A Jew may be a witness by our law, being sworn on the Old Testament, and taking the oaths to the government.

For a farther account of the Jew, see the articles CARAITES, CIRCUMCISION, LEVITES, PASSOVER, PHARISEES, RABBINS, Sadducees, SANHEDRIM, SYNAGOGUE, TALMUD, &c.

Jew's ears, in botany, See TREMELLA.