Here are some of the maxims of Jochanan ben Zakkai: "No iron tool was to be used on the altar, suggesting that religion's mission is peace." "If thou hast learnt much, do not boast of it, for that wast thou created." "Fear God as much as you fear man." "Not more?" asked his pupils in surprise? "If you would but fear him as much!" said the dying sage. NOTES AND REFERENCES. _Sacrificial Worship_: The pupil has already been made familiar with the prophetic views on sacrifice (see _People of the Book_, vol. iii). Here follow some opinions of the Rabbis as to its relative place in Judaism: "The humble-minded is considered by God to have offered all the sacrifices, for it is said that the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit." "Acts of justice are more meritorious than all the sacrifices. Unless the mind is purified, the sacrifice is useless; it may be thrown to the dogs." "He who engages in the study of the Law, requires neither burnt offering nor meal offering." "A day in thy courts is better than a thousand," Psalm lxxiv. is thus explained: God said to David, "I prefer thy sitting and studying before me to the thousands of burnt offerings which thy son Solomon will offer on the alter." "He who prays is considered as pious as if he had built an altar and offered sacrifices upon it." "As the Altar wrought atonement during the time of the Temple, so after its destruction, the Table of the home." With the abolition of sacrifice, the Paschal Lamb was indicated only in a symbolic way by a lamb bone on the Passover table. * * * * * R. Jochanan b. Zakkai asked his disciples: "Find out what is the best thing to cultivate." The first replied a generous eye; the second, a loyal friend; the third, a good neighbor; the fourth, prudence and foresight; the fifth, Eliezar, a good heart. "I consider R. Eliezar's judgment best, for in his answer all of yours are included." _Theme for discussion_: Whether the Temple's fall suspended or abolished animal sacrifice is a point of difference between Judaism's two schools today. [Illustration: BRASS COIN STRUCK IN ROME, 74 C. E., DURING REIGN OF VESPASIAN. INDICATING JUDEA'S OVERTHROW.] CHAPTER XXV. THE PALESTINIAN ACADEMIES.