[Avodah] Heroes, Victims and Kedoshim

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> Most Shabbasos we say "Av haRachamim". The Crusaders didn't give them a
> chance to choose between Torah and death.

Yes they did.  Meshumadim were accepted as the equal of any Xian.
Discrimination against meshumadim didn't arise until Spain, and even
there, while they were under suspicion and heightened scrutiny, and
not accepted as quite the equal of a born Xian, they were certainly in
no danger of death (so long as they remained loyal Xians).


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