[201] Deuteronomy, xv. 11, 10.
[202] Proverbs, xxv. 21 sq.
[203] Addis, ‘Alms,’ in Encyclopædia Biblica, i. 118. Cf. Montefiore, Hibbert Lectures on the Religion of the Ancient Hebrews, p. 484 sq.
[204] Ecclesiasticus, xxix. 12.
[205] Ibid. iii. 30.
[206] Tobit, xii. 9. Cf. ibid. i. 3, 16; ii. 14; iv. 7 sqq.; xii. 8.
[207] Bava Bathra, fol. 10 B, quoted by Hershon, Treasures of the Talmud, p. 24.
[208] Rab Assi, quoted by Kohler, ‘Alms,’ in Jewish Encyclopedia, i. 435.
[209] Kethuboth, fol. 68 A, quoted by Katz, Der wahre Talmudjude, p. 36.
[210] Katz, op. cit. p. 42.