Mar Ukba & Virtuous Hannah

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 333

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

333. Mar Ukba & Virtuous Hannah.

Sabbath, f. 56b.

Sanhedrin, f. 31b.

Rashi to Sanhedrin, f. 31b.

Tosafot to Sabbath, f. 56b.

Nissim, f. 29 b.

Yuhasin, f. 75 a, s. v. Ukba.

Kaidenower, Kab Hay- ashar, ch. 88.

Zunz, G. V. p. 133.

Tendlau, Sagen 3,

No. 67.

Ben Gorion I, p. 108.

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Gaster, Germania, XXV, p. 284—285. Cod. Oxf. 2680, 28 Cod. G. 242, f. 28a. (See No. 35.)

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