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And when the Moshel nodded to him to speak, Rav Sha’ul answered, "Knowing that for many years you have been a shofet (judge) to this nation, I cheerfully make my hitstaddekut.
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"You will be able to learn that not more than twelve days have elapsed since I made an aliyah to worship in Yerushalayim.
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"And neither in the Beis Hamikdash did they find me conversing with anyone nor did they find me stirring up the multitude either in the shuls or anywhere in Yerushalayim.
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"Nor are they able to prove to you concerning the things of which now they are accusing me.
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"For Ani modeh (I confess) this to you, that according to the Derech Hashem, which they call a ‘kat’ [of Judaism], I serve the Elohei Avoteinu, having emunah in everything written according to the Torah and the Nevi’im.
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"I have a tikvah (hope) in Hashem, which also these ones themselves anticipate, the coming Techiyas HaMesim of both the Tzaddikim and the Resha’im.
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"In view of this, I always do my best to keep a matzpun naki (clear conscience) before Hashem and before anashim.
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"Now after many years, I came bringing nedavot (donations) to my people and also to make korbanot (sacrifices).
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"And this is how they found me, having undergone purification in the Beis Hamikdash, not with rioters nor with any disturbance.
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"But there were some Yehudim from the Province of Asia who ought to be present before you to make accusation, if they might have something against me.
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"Or let these themselves say what crime they found in me when they stood me before the Sanhedrin,
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"unless it is about this one statement, which I stood and cried out among them, and that statement was concerning the Techiyas HaMesim, and it is for this that I am being judged today by you."