[181] Supra, [i. 565 sqq.]
[182] Gautama, xix. 11. Vasishtha, xxii. 8. Baudhâyana, iii. 10. 9.
[183] Vasishtha, xx. 47.
[184] Kohler, ‘Alms,’ in Jewish Encyclopedia, i. 435. Löw, op. cit. i. 108. Cf. Tobit, xii. 8; Katz, Der wahre Talmudjude, p. 43.
[185] Ibid. fol. 6 b, quoted by Greenstone, in Jewish Encyclopedia, v. 349.
[186] Berakhoth, fol. 32 b, quoted by Hershon, Treasures of the Talmud, p. 124.
[187] Sell, op. cit. p. 251.
[188] Ibid. p. 281. This opinion is based on a sentence in the Koran (ii. 180) which has caused a great deal of dispute. It is said there that “those who are fit to fast may redeem it by feeding a poor man.” But the expression “those who are fit to fast” has been understood to mean those who can do so only with great difficulty.
[189] Koran, v. 91. Lane, Modern Egyptians, p. 313 sq. See also Koran, ii. 192; iv. 94; v. 96; lviii. 5.
[190] Harnack, History of Dogma, i. 205, n. 5. Löw, op. cit. i. 108.