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Jews never interacted with the Samaritans. The Samaritans consisted of a group of people who were relocated to Samaria by the Assyrians after the Assyrians forced the Jews out during the Assyrian occupation. The Samaritans partially adopted Judaism but because their conversion was not complete nor sincere, they weren't accepted by the Jews. This lack of acceptance resulted in resentment on the Samaritans' part.

As a result of the resentment felt by the Samaritans, there have never been good relations between them and Jews to the point that the Samaritans actively worked to disrupt Jewish worship.

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After the Assyrians exiled the Israelite Ten Tribes (about 2600 years ago), the Assyrian king brought non-Jews from Cutha, Babylonia and Syria (Hamat), and settled them in the depopulated area where the Ten Tribes had lived (Samaria). They were taught Judaism by one of the Jewish priests (2 Kings 17:27), and they were taught the Torah, which they wrote in the Old Hebrew script.

While both groups believed in One God, and both accepted the Torah (the Teachings given by God to Moses), there were also a number of differences. Jerusalem was and is the holiest site for Jews, while the Samaritans have Mount Gerizim as their religious center. Later in history, the Samaritans aligned with the Greeks and accepted foreign gods (Talmud, Hullin 6a).

The Talmud relates how the Samaritans adopted some of the mitzvot (Torah-commands) but not others (Talmud, Berakhot 47b), how they denounced the Jews to Alexander in an unsuccessful attempt to get him to destroy the newly-built Second Temple (Talmud, Yoma 69a), and how they interfered with the declaring of Rosh Hodesh (the New Moon) (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 22b). Our traditions relate how the Samaritans would waylay the Jews who tried to journey to the Holy Temple.

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