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Simeon b. Şetaḥ excommunicated Jesus who refused torepent and thus made his wrong irreparable. Full detailsare given.

[ The two tales in 275 must have stood in the TalmudHullin( f. 95 b) immediately after 274 of our text since theconcluding words of this version are found there. For reason.of censure the complete tale must have been left out.]

276 f. 188a. Rabbi Zeira sitting before the" Beth Ha-Midrash" refused to rise before a man appointed because hewas rich.R. Isaac b. Elazar did likewise in Caesaraea andthe Rabbis praised him.

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277 f. 188a. Rabbi Johanan b. Zakkai explained the reasonwhy the ear of a slave was bored, viz, because the Jewsheard on Sinai that they should only be slaves to God andnot slaves to men.

278 f. 188b. Rabbi Johanan b. Zakkai explained why athief is punished more than a robber: the latter consi-dered God and a slave alike. The former treated God evenless, as one who could neither see nor hear. Rabbi Meirin the name of Rabbi Gamliel said that the one was like aman inviting all the people except the prince, the other likeone not inviting anyone.

279 f. 189 a. The Kuthim( Samaritans) asked Alexander ofMacedonia to destroy the Temple in Jerusalem. The HighPriest Simeon went out to meet him. He was honouredby Alexander, who had seen in a dream a similar personleading him to victory. He delivered the Ķuthim after-wards into the hands of the Jews, who destroyed the templeon Mt. Garizim and made the anniversary of that date afestival.

280 f. 189b. The difference between Solomon and Davidwas that whereas David said," The dead do not praise God,"Solomon said" I praise the dead."

281 f. 190b. Rabbi Johanan walked from Tiberias toSepphoris with Rabbi Hiya b. Abun, and pointed out to