Martyrdom of Qananya b

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 288

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288. Martyrdom of Qananya b. Teradyon.

Aboda Zara, f. 17 b.

Eliah Cohen, Meil Seda- ka, §643.

Yalk. Sip. II, p. 179. (See above No. 67, below No. 289.)

288 & 289.

Aboda Zara, f. 17 b to 18 a.

Sifre, Deut. § 307. Mass. Kallah, V, 4. Semahot, ch. 8. (Midr. Ezkera in Rab. Pea- lim.)

Jellinek, B. H. II, p. 68 & VI, p. 28. Yalk. Sip. II, p. 178. Cod’. G. 84, Nos. IV, V.

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Wisdom Martyrdom Fire Torah Heaven

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