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via dreams. In the Targum in the beginning of this week's parsha. That's a very That's a mouthful. It says "Zeis chukos haTorah." And the Targum Onkelos says "Dog is zeirus oraisa." This is the decree about the Torah. Now you have to know first of that Onkelos, who was a Ger, was not the originator of Targum Onkelos. Onkelos. The Gemara Megillah says that Onkelos was given at Sinai. Just it got lost. And it says Shachachum v'chazru v'yisdum. That it became forgotten. And Onkelos brought it back. He brought it back. So, what it says in the Targum is prophetic words from Sinai. And it says Dog Zeirus Orice. This is a decree about the Torah. Now, what it what what does this mean? So, you have to know that in around the year 1240, 1240, there was a um a self-hating Jew, what we call a Meshumad, by the name of Yitzchak Donin. And he told the king of France, that's Louis the Ninth, to be precise, he told the king of France that the uh Talmud has all time all types of anti- Christian ideas, and it should be burnt. And there was a great debate. And there was a great debate. Members of the debate team on behalf of the Gemara were the Baalei Tosafos, Rabbeinu Yechiel me Paris. You have to understand that we're not talking about regular people over here. Temple says Rabbeinu Yechiel me Paris lit a candle to learn on Friday and that candle lasted the whole week miraculously. It's Rabbeinu Yechiel me Paris is quoted in Tosfos and Shas. Tosfos and Shas. And on the debating team was also the famous Smag, the Sefer Mitzvos Hagadol Rabbeinu and other great people and they debated and they officially won the debate. Yet you know anti-Semitism never is fair. In 1242 happened one of the great

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