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Ya'akov broke the silence to reply. "Brothers," he said, "hear what I have to say.
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Shim'on has told in detail what God did when he first began to show his concern for taking from among the Goyim a people to bear his name.
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And the words of the Prophets are in complete harmony with this for it is written,
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'"After this, I will return; and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David. I will rebuild its ruins, I will restore it,
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so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, that is, all the Goyim who have been called by my name,"
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says ADONAI, who is doing these things.' All this has been known for ages.
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"Therefore, my opinion is that we should not put obstacles in the way of the Goyim who are turning to God.
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Instead, we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from fornication, from what is strangled and from blood.
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For from the earliest times, Moshe has had in every city those who proclaim him, with his words being read in the synagogues every Shabbat."