Astrologers' Error

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 172

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

172. Astrologers' Error. Sabbath, f. 156b.

Tanh. Deut. Shofetim

§ 10.

Midr. Hagadol, Deut. Shofetim.

Lonzano, Maarikh, ed. Jellinek.

1 73. Wife Substituted. cf. Jashai Legend. Singer in Z. V. Vlksd. II,

p. 300.

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