authorities mentioned in _Abot_ and for bibliographies.

(10) Cf. _Nedarim_, 32b, "Great is the _Torah_, for if it did
not exist, the heaven and the earth would have no permanence."
_Abodah_ is the service and sacrifice of the Temple which was
then standing. After the destruction of the Temple, this word
was used to designate the service of prayer. It is used in
one of the benedictions after the reading of the _Haftarah_:
_al ha-torah we-al ha-abodah_, "for the law and for the divine
service," see _Prayer-book_, ed. Singer, p. 149. See
Friedlander, _ibid._, p. 413 _et seq._

(11) [g'milut chasadim] "benevolence," "the doing of
kindnesses," consists of practical deeds of personal service,
as visiting the sick, burying the dead, comforting mourners,
peacemaking, etc. It is greater than [tzedakah] "charity" in
its narrower sense, as benevolence may be shown to the rich as
well as to the poor. See Friedlander, _ibid._, pp. 301-305.
On this verse, see Herford, _ibid._, p. 22 _et seq._

3. Antigonus of Soko (12) received (the tradition) from Simon, the
Just. He used to say, "Be not like hirelings who work for their
master for the sake of receiving recompense; but be like servants who
minister to their master without any thought of receiving a reward;
and let the fear of Heaven (13) be upon you."

(12) According to _Abot de-Rabbi Natan_, Chapter V, ed.
Schechter, p. 26, Antigonus had two disciples, Zadok and
Boethos, from whom arose the Sadducees and the heretical sect
of Boethusians, from their misinterpretation of this verse,