Rabbi, Yehoshua ben Levi said, " In twenty-four cases doth the tribunal excommunicate for the honor of a Rabbi, and all are explained in our Mishna.8 Rabbi Elazer interposed and asked, " Where are they? The reply was, " Go and seek, and thou shalt find." He went accordingly and sought, but found only three — the case of the man who lightly esteems the washing of hands; of him who whispers evil behind the bier of a disciple of the wise; and of him who behaves haughtily toward the