A certain apostate once said to Rabbi Saphra:--

"It is written, 'Because I know you more than all the nations of the

earth, therefore I visit upon you your iniquities;' how is this? If a

person has a wild horse, is it likely that he would put his dearest

friend upon it, that he might be thrown and hurt?"

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