University Press), Pt. I, _Appendix_, 30.

(49) On tithes, see chapter I, n. 37. Cf. _Shabbat_, 119a,
and _Taanit_, 9a (play on [ayin-shin-resh tof-ayin-shin resh],
Deut. XXIV, 22),* [ayin-sh-resh bet-shin-bet-yud-lamed
shin-tof-tof-ayin-shin-resh] "give tithes in order that thou
mayest become rich."

[* transcriber's note: this text does not appear to be
Deuteronomy XXIV, 22.]

(50) Lit., "separation," _i.e._ from defilement, hence
"sanctity" (Taylor).

(51) Cf. chapter I, 17.

(52) Gen. IX, 6.

(53) Deut. XIV, 1.

(54) _I.e._, the _Torah_.

(55) Prov. IV, 2.

(56) The omniscience and prescience of God do not deprive men
of free will. Maimonides explains this in the last chapter of
the _Shemonah Perakim_ (ed. Gorfinkle, p. 85 _et seq._).

(57) Maimonides interprets the last phrase as meaning to do
many small deeds of charity rather than one great deed of