especially when it was a question of helping a poor man obtain
his due. If one of the parties to a suit cited before his
tribunal was known to be a man of violence, he would surround
himself with his army and inspire him with fear, so
that the culprit could not but show himself amenable to his
decision.[12]

He endeavored to inculcate his benevolent ways upon his
children, by accustoming them to wait upon the poor. On
the morrow after a feast he would sacrifice bountifully to
God, and together with the pieces upon the altar his offerings
would be divided among the needy. He would say:
"Take and help yourselves, and pray for my children. It
may be that they have sinned, and renounced God, saying in
the presumption of their hearts: 'We are the children of