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[Music] Idolatry Page 11 Begin with the help of God Beginning of the page The Gemara's book Onkelus bar Klonymus or according to the version of Tractate Gitin Page 5 bar Klonycus who was a nephew of Titus converted Such a thing The nephew of the king converted The Roman emperor sent a battalion of soldiers to capture him The emperor sent a messenger to Gonda Droma on the third day who arrived The to capture him The emperor sent a messenger to Gonda Droma on the third day who arrived The battalion of soldiers spoke to them Onkelus brought them verses and from the verses brought them evidence that the truth is with the people of Israel and their converts from their conversion to Karaite and good conversion Since the soldiers did not return The soldiers did not bring the Matomeklus Hadar The messenger to Gonda Dromi on the third day The emperor returned The emperor sent another battalion of soldiers after him emperor sent another battalion of soldiers after him and before that he gave them an order He said to him Do not convert to me or from me Do not tell him anything so that he will not drag you into the verses and he will not curse you too They came They did not speak to him He did not speak to them and they came to take him out because they were afraid and they were afraid Those who took him and wanted to go out He said to him then Onkelos said to them to that regiment, I will speak a word in the maiden's ear. I tell you, no verses. You were instructed not to hear
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- 2:09street, every path. So when a man walked, someone more important than him would take the…
- 4:15put his hand on the mezuzah and said to him, "What is it? What is this…
- 6:20how the Tosafot explain it. The Gemara and the Tanah Debbi of Rabbi Yishmael ask why…
- 8:59also done for the sake of idolatry. And after all, we have a stipulation in a…
- 11:04prophet Jeremiah said to him about Zedekiah, King Zedekiah, you will die in peace, and in…
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- 15:53so that it would remain in its form and not change, and it is still placed…
- 18:03master, a deceiver." The meaning of the language is Marna, Gopi Ziphane. When they say, "Acha…
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