Oath of Asaph (Personally Modified)

This is the pact which Asaph ben Berakhyahu and Yoḥanan ben Zabda made with their pupils, and they adjured them with the following words:

Do not attempt to kill any soul by means of a potion of herbs.

Do not cause an abortion in a pregnant woman by means of herbs.

Do not divulge the secret of a man who has trusted you.

Do not take any bribes to destroy and to ruin.

Do not harden your heart against pitying the poor and healing the needy.

Do not use sorcery and herbs to separate a man from his wife, a woman from the companion of her youth.

Do not take any bribes to help in lustful desires.

Do not seek help through idolatry, or anything pertaining to an idol's worship.

Their pupils answered saying:

We will do all that you exhorted and ordered us [to do], for it is a commandment of the Torah and we must do it with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our might, to do and to obey. Not to swerve or turn aside to the right hand or the left.

And they [Asaph and Yohanan] blessed them in the name of God most high, maker of heaven and earth. And they continued to charge them, and said:

The Lord God, His saints and His Torah bear witness, that you should fear Him, that you should not turn aside from His commandments, and that you should follow His laws with an upright heart.

You shall not incline after riches so as to help a man in shedding innocent blood.

You shall not mix a deadly drug for any man or woman so that they should kill their fellow..

You shall not You shall not speak of the herbs out of which such drugs are made. You shall not hand them over to any man, and you shall not talk about any matter connected with this.

You shall not You shall not use blood in any work of medicine.

You shall not You shall not attempt to provoke an ailment in a human soul through the use of iron instruments or searing with fire..

You shall not You shall not be ruled by a haughty spirit; do not keep [in your hearts] the vindictiveness of hatred with regard to a sick man.

You shall not You shall not change your words in anything, but keep HaShem's orders and commandments, and follow all His ways, in order to please Him, and to be pure, true and upright.

Thus did Asaph and Yohanan exhort and adjure their pupils.