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CONTENTS
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Sufferings of the Jews under Hadrian, II

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On Vows in Cases Previously Binding on the Conscience 83
Poverty no Proof of Divine Disfavor 83
Scrupulous Honesty 85
The Fox and the Fish 86
The Climax of Benevolence 89
Rabbi Simeon and the Jewels 91
He who Wrongs the Dishonest under the Pretence of their Dishonesty Renders Himself an Accomplice 92
Scrupulous Honesty 93
Reverence for Truth and Simplicity not to be Sacrificed to the Forms of Courtesy 94
The Twofold Charity of the Benevolent Physician 95
Folly of Idolatry 97
Abraham's Deliverance from the Fiery Furnace 99
No Loss of Dignity from any Innocent Means of Promoting Peace and Harmony 100
The Lawful Heir 103
The Fox and the Rift in the Garden-Wall 107
Alexander and the Female Chief 109
Ambition Humbled and Reproved 111