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“Rabbi Meir said, There is a parable about this matter. To what can it be compared? It can be compared to two identical twin brothers. Both lived in a certain city. One was appointed king, and the other became a bandit. At the king’s command they hanged the bandit. But everyone who saw him hanging there said, The king has been hung! Therefore the king issued a command and he was taken down. (b.Sanhedrin 46b)” (Taken from First Fruits of Zion)

Torah: D’varim (Deuteronomy) 21: 10 – 25:19

Haftorah: Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 54:1-10

B’rit Hadashah: Luke 23:1-25

 

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