I know I’m bringing up an old thread here, but I challenge anyone to find a mekor for this legend that dates back to within a century or so of R’ Meir bar Yitzchak. There are so many strange stories out there involving kishuf-practicing evil priests or other features that are hard to believe and often not historically accurate. If they have a reliable source, that’s one thing, but the fact that the ma’aseh exists in a sefer means absolutely nothing. As was said, I think by the Rambam, if a person wants to lie, they can lie just as well in writing.
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