<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>i attended a shiur last nite where the rov mentioned that basically everyone<br>(from the chachamim (not standing up for bar kamza), to the shamash (who sent the message<br>to the wrong person), to the host (mevazeh, etc) to bar kamza (moser), was to <br>blame for the destruction related to the bar kamza story.....<br>the only one (acc to him) that acted properly in this case was caeser, because he asked for <br>proof, that indeed the jews were rebelling and were not acting properly (and did not just take<br>someone's word for it). <br>my question is; (gitin daf nun v (amud aleph i think), <br>why didn't the chachamim or those in charge of the beis hamikdash, <br>simply go and show the ceaser the blemishes that had been cut by <br>bar kamza, and explain to him, that we would have gladly accepted an
unblemished animal, <br>but that this one before us (offered by caeser or his people) but then cut by bar kamza (eye & lip?)<br>had been tainted. .....<br></div>
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