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He may be 57, but he still doesn’t get that you just don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Ex-con Sa-Di Abdul-Jaliyl allegedly swiped cash and a computer from an Upper East Side church — after accepting handouts at the very same house of worship, sources told The Post.

“I’ve seen him around in the church. He was one of the homeless. We give them a few dollars for food,” said the Rev. Bartholomew Daly, pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Peace on East 62nd Street.

Abdul-Jaliyl, who’s done two stints on burglary raps, allegedly knocked off the rectory on Jan. 12 with moves Spider-Man would envy — climbing scaffolding out front, then slipping in through a second-floor window. He scooped up a laptop and $300 in collections from Daly’s office, cops said.

But he pushed his luck by returning at 3:05 a.m. last Thursday to again dip into the collection plate, according to a criminal complaint. When patrol cops spotted him smashing church windows from the scaffolding, they scrambled up and collared him, the complaint states.

He’s charged with burglary.

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