Death & Will of Jehudah Ha-Nassi

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 232

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

232. Death & Will of Jehudah Ha-Nassi.

J. Kilaim, IX, § 3.

B. Ketubot, f. 104a.

J. Ketubot, XII.

Tanh. Gen. Vayyehi, § 3 f. 80 b.

Midr. Hagadol, Gen. Vayyehi.

Gen. R. ch. 96; 100. Eccles. R. IX, 10 § 3. Aboab, Men. Ham. ch. 215.

Luzzatto, Kaftor, f. 96b Yalk. Sip. I. p. 156. Ben Gorion II, p. 58,

338.

Gaster in Germania 25, 287.

cf. Grimm, D. Sagen2, No. 395 (II, 30f.).

Zachariae, in Z. V. Vlksd. XXV p. 401- 408.

Cod. Oxf. 2836, 4.

Themes

Death Prayer Wisdom Tribes Conversion

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