On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:34:41PM -0400, Richard Wolberg wrote: : How could he make such a radical and astonishing statement? : Or is there something else that we are missing? Like the next line, where the talmud asks G-d to forgive Rabbi Hillel (the amora, not Hillel the tanna) for saying it? Tir'u baTov! -Micha