Show i Legend About SneezIng The rabbis declare that there was no I disease or illness among men until sometime some-time after the flood How then did men die in those days Simply sneezed and died They say that Jacob not i i fancying this mode of crossing the dark river wished to give some warning so that parties could prepare for this momentous moment For this purpose I he went and wrestled with the angel His prayer was granted he sneezed and fell I sick Heretofore men had sneezed and died Therefore the fact of Jacob sneezing I sneez-ing and surviving made a great sensation and ever after the act became one of the important phenomena of the human system sys-tem and when men sneezed they saluted and uttered some ejaculation of wellwisn ing The Jews accordingly when a person per-son indulges in a sneeze say lobun Chaiima long life to you Cillci1l1wti Enqnirtr |