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64. Avot IV.5.

6S. Ibid., IV.5.

66. Ibid., 1.10.

67. Ibid., 11.2.

68. Mishneh Torah, Talmud Torah 3.2.

69. Ibid., Hilkot Shoftim 25.4.

70. See Mishneh Torah, Shemitah V'Yovel 13.13.

71. Isadore Twersky , Introduction to the Code of Maimonides(Mishneh Torah), New Haven , 1980, pp. 82-83.

72. Ibid., pp. 82-83. 73. Ibid., pp. 82-83.

74. Responsum#142. The translation is my own. Cf. Solomon Freehof 's translation in A Treasury of Responsa, JPS, Philadelphia , 1963, pp. 79-80.

75. S.v."kol hamasim al libo;” the translations of the Kesef Mishneh are my own.

76. B. Yoma 35b.

77. B. Ketubot 105b.