One Who Gains Eternal Life in a Single Hour
Keti‘a bar Shalom: What was his story?
Concerning that Caesar who hated the Jews: He said to the prominent members of the imperial government, “If one has a sore on his foot, shall he cut it off and live or leave it be and be troubled?”
They answered him, “He should cut it off and live.”
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