Commentary for Meilah 34:3
ר"א בר ר' יוסי
Said R'Jose to them: And were my father Halafta still alive, would you have said to him to give his son for slaughter?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So you cannot expect me to send my son. He feared that R. Simeon might curse his son as he explains later in the conversation, but R. Simeon misunderstood this as cowardice, viz., that he feared to run the risk of being executed by the Romans, and therefore replied with displeasure that he, too, is risking his life.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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