Regarding Choni haM'aggeil see Biography in Blackman Mishnah Z'raim p. 506
Josephus relates that he was stoned to death by the party of Hyrcanus when they were besieging Aristobolus in Jerusalem in 65 BCE. He was asked to pray for the besiegers. Spreading his hands to heaven he exclaimed: "They are both THY children. Listen not if they pray against each other for evil, but only for good"
I do find it hard to LOVE every fellow Jew. Because I'm not quite on that madreigah. So I work to ACCEPT
Every fellow Jew, and to respect them.
That much I CAN do.
Shalom
RRW
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