They make their phylacteries* wide
and the tassels on their garments long;
they love the place of honour at banquets
and the most important seats in the synagogues;
they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces
and to be called 'Rabbi' by others.
*small leather boxes containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at prayer as a reminder to keep the law
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