Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”
“When you come to appear before Me, Who requires of you this trampling of My courtyards?
And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk in accordance with the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unholy hands?”
and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.