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Cedars of Lebanon: Talmudic Proverbs

- Abstract

Anti-Semitism

One Haman is worth six hundred thousand prophets.

Everyone who persecutes Israel ends as a leader.

Consequences

Tie a broken pot to the tail of a dog, and he will do his part.

The ox has fallen—sharpen the knife.

If there were no mouse, what would the hole do?



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