[If] one acquires food utensils from a gentile —- if its customary way is to immerse, he should immerse [it]; to boil, he should boil [it]; to purge in fire, he should purge [it] in fire. The spit and the grill, one purges in fire; the knife, one polishes and it is purified.

Moses received the Torah from Sinai, and transmitted it to Joshua, and Joshua to the Elders, and the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets transmitted it to the Men of the Great Assembly. They said three things: Be deliberate in judgment, develop many students, and make a fence around the Torah.

Shimon HaTzaddik was [one] of the remnants of the Great Assembly. He used to say: The world stands upon three things: up-on Torah, upon the [Divine] service, and upon acts of kindness.

Antigenos, leader of Socho, received [the Mesorah] from Shimon HaTzaddik.  He used to say: Do not be like servants who serve the master for the sake of receiving a reward, but [rather] be like servants who serve the master not for the sake of re-ceiving a reward, and the fear of Heaven should be upon you.