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Sifrei Devarim 328

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"who ate the fat of their sacrifices": they gave them recruits, and officers, and taxes.

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R. Nechemiah expounds this ("he") as referring to the nations, viz. "And he (Titus) will say." Titus, the son of the wife of Vespasian, went into the holy of holies, tore the curtain with a knife, and said "Where is their G-d? If he is G-d, let Him come and fight with me!"

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"who ate the fat of their sacrifices." He said: These (Jews) were swindled by Moses, who said to them: Build an altar, sacrifice burnt-offerings upon it, and pour libations upon it, as it is written (Bamidbar 29:4) "The one lamb shall you make in the morning, etc." (all for his own delectation!)

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"Let them arise and help you": It is not written "Let them arise veya'azru ethchem," but "Let them arise veya'azruchem" (implying that they cannot even help themselves!) For all (transgressions) the Holy One Blessed be He withholds His wrath, except for desecration of the Name, for which He exacts punishment immediately, as it is written (Devarim, Ibid. 39) "See, now, that I, I am He, and there is no god with Me!" This is the rebuttal for those who would say: There is no Authority in heaven!

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