“ [They] fixed for themselves monetary demands from individuals and communities and caused people to think, in utter foolishness, that it is obligatory and proper to help [financially] sages and scholars and people studying Torah, thus their Torah is their trade.
मैमोनाइडस्‌, १२वीं - शताब्दी के एक जाने - माने रब्बी ने, जो हाकिम के तौर पर अपनी रोज़ी - रोटी कमाता था, ऐसे रब्बियों की घोर निन्दा की ।