my family, costing more than ten _Zehubs_, I must pay one _Pashut_(104) for each ten _Zehubs_. Again, if I should buy an animal, or a slave, or a female slave, or ground, that I shall also pay at the same rate. And if I shall buy clothes for sale, called _fashas_, I shall pay two _Pashuts_ for each garment. As often as I have occasion to say the benediction of thanksgivings for having escaped danger I shall pay a _Zehub_, except when I am travelling [also involving danger in those times!], in which case I shall have to pay a _Zehub_ on my arrival, and two _Pashuts_ daily during the journey. Again, from every kind of fish bought for me, costing more than a _Zehub_, I shall pay a _Pashut_ for each _Zehub_. And also, if I shall be deemed worthy by God to marry my children, and to be present at their wedding, to cause them to give to the poor from the dowry brought to them by their wives, whether in money or in kind, at the rate of one per cent. If God will find me worthy of having sons, I must give in charity according to my means at the time. I shall also, between New Year and the Day of Atonement in each year, calculate my profits during the past year and (after deducting expenses) give a tithe thereof to the poor. Should I be unable to make an accurate calculation, then I shall give approximately. This tithe I shall put aside, together with the other money for religious (charitable) purpose, to dispose of it as I shall deem best. I also propose to have the liberty of employing the money in any profitable speculation with a view to augmenting it. But in respect of all I have written above I shall not hold myself guilty if I transgress, if such transgression be the result of forgetfulness; but in order to guard against it, I shall read this through weekly.