Elazar b. Parta and Hananya b. Teradyon were brought up for judgment, for studying the law. The former expected punishment for he had committed many sins but by clever answers and by miracles he escaped, the prophet Elijah appearing to protect him.
Hananya, however, was condemned to be burned. He had once pronounced the Ineffable Name. His wife was sentenced to death because she had not prevented him at the time. His daughter was sent among prostitutes for her vanity shewn once before great men of Rome.
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