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Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 224

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224. R. Jotyanan & Resh Lakish.

B. Mesia, f. 84a (74b?). (No. 222 here

intercalated in Talmud.)

cf. J. Peah, VIII, 9. Midr. Hagadol, Gen. Vayyehi.

Yalk. Sip. I, p. 13. Maase Buch No. 66.

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