Did Someone Say Idolizing Rabbis/
posted by Jeffrey Woolf @ 9:48 AM
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http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=38531&pgnum=32
this is reminiscent of sentiments expressed about a jew who lived c. 2000 years ago.
This comes after an ad requesting that we "donate years of our life" for him. That ad was not put out by his family but by one of his crazy followers.
hmmm...where have i seen such an idea before?
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