An apostate accused the Jews of using blood for the passover bread. He drained the blood of a bird into a bottle and put it in the ark among the scrolls and then denounced them to the king and to the priests, saying he could prove it. In the night the Shamash, or beadle of the synagogue, was awakened by a dream telling him to go and search the ark and remove the danger. He went there, found the bottle, emptied it and filled it with red wine. Early next morning, the king, bishops, and all the princes of the army surrounded the synagogue. The leaders of the community were called, the ark was opened and the bottle was found filled with red wine, to be used as usual for the sanctification of the sabbath. The confounded apostate was then ordered to be hanged.