DEUT189 An example of the obligation to provide a pension for public sector workers in their old age or in those cases where they are totally disabled is to be found in the minute books of the community council of Poznan. Written in Eastern Europe, they contain the following decision, from the year of 1636: “Seeing as how our teacher, our master, Rabbi Shimon Zusshinder, has sat faithfully in judgment here in our community for many years, and now, due to failing eyesight and age, is no longer able to fulfill this task, it is fitting that the community should see that he is provided for in an honorable fashion.” Pinkas Kehilat Poznan, Regulation 189. The basis for such a decision is, again, to be found in the biblical injunction “And thou shalt do that which is righteous and good” (Deuteronomy 5:18); it is an act of kindness rather than a legal obligation.