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Shorter Rules
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 87: Is It Lawful for an Individual to Give Away His Old Cloak or Shoes Wherever He…
To give or receive, even though in accordance with the commandment, is not the business of every man but of him who has been entrusted with the stewardship after testing. So he will give and receive everything, whether old or new, having regard to the proper occasion in each case.’