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Tax collectors were especially hated because they increased their profit by collecting more taxes than their masters actually demanded.

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Tax collectors were especially hated because they increased their profit by collecting more taxes than their masters actually demanded.

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  • Shmuel Safrai [1919-2003]

    Professor and Rabbi Shmuel Safrai died on July 16, 2003. He was buried the following day in a section of Jerusalem's Har ha-Menuhot Cemetery reserved for faculty of the Hebrew University. His grave is only a few feet from the grave of his close friend…
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