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she distributed all her property, one third to the state,one third to the poor, and one she took with her andcame to Tiberias in Palestine. She asked Ḥiya to accepther as a Jewess, and was asked by him, if it was the love ofone of the students which prompted her. Then she showedhim a letter which Nathan had given her explaning that shewished to join the faith for love of the Law. Then hereceived her and she led a pure life.

36. R. Eliezer, charged with heresy, was saved from punish-ment by saying," The judge knows the truth" which theHegemon interpreted as a tribute to his justice. The reasonwhy he got into that dangerous situation was because heonce accepted an interpretation of the Law from Jacobof the place Kefar- Sekhanya, which was given to him in thename of Jesus of Nazareth.

37. Turnus Rufus and Akiba disputed about the merits ofcharity; as God decreed that a man be poor why shouldthe rich contravene God's command? Akiba replied:" Menare not strangers to one another, they are all God's children,and even if a father is angry with a child he still appreciatesanother feeding him in the time of disgrace, and God alsopromises to give bread to every living one. Man steppingin to help, God rewards him."

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38. A child learned part of the book of Genesis, is captured G326and put into prison. The Emperor asked for a book from thelibrary and it happened to be the Jewish Bible. No one couldread it and they then asked the young boy whether he knewhow to read it. He was willing to run the risk of beingkilled if found unable to read and he began to read from theCreation. He told the Emperor his story who acknow-ledged that the unknown cause which had promted him toask for the book was that the child be restored to his parents.Great reward for even studying a small part.

39. Simeon b. Kamhith, a high priest, walked about witha heathen king and got his clothes defiled and was inca-pacitated from acting on the day of atonement. His placewas taken by his brother Judah. Thus the mother saw two