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His next most famous work was his Kad ha-Kemah (" Receptacle of the Flour ") ( Constantinople, 1515.

) It consists of sixty chapters, alphabetically arranged, containing discourses and dissertations on the requirements of religion and morality, as well as Jewish ritual practices.

Kad ha-Kemah is a work of Musar literature, the purpose of which is to promote a moral life.

In it Bahye discusses the following subjects: belief and faith in God ; the divine attributes and the nature of providence ; the duty of loving God, and of walking before God in simplicity and humility of heart ; the fear of God ; Jewish prayer ; benevolence, and the love of mankind ; peace ; the administration of justice, and the sacredness of the oath ; the duty of respecting the property and honor of one's fellow man ; the Jewish holidays, and halakha ( loosely translated as " Jewish law ".