Eliezer ben Hyrcanus Ran Away from the Farm to Study Torah

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 170

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

170. Eliezer b. Hyrkanos & his Father.

Pirke de R. Eliezer, ch. 1.

Tanh. B. Gen. Lekh Lekha, § 10.

Gen. R. 42 (41 § 1).

Abot de R. Nathan I, ch. 6 p. 30; II, ch. 13, 30.

Horowitz, Eked Haga- dot.

Yalk. §72.

Eisenstein, Oser, p. 31. Yalk. Sip. I, p. 58. Arabic Maase Nissim, f. 32.

Ben Gorion II, p. 16, 334-

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