Exempla of the Rabbis, Tale 343

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 343

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

343. Solomon & Ant.

Midr. Vayosha, end. Maase Nemalah. Eisenstein, Oser, p. 534. Husin, Maase Nissim,

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Babington, Vedala Ca- dai I, p. 55, 148 ff. Benfey, Or. u. Occid. II,

P- I33—I7I- T. Chardin, Inscriptio Persiae, X, p. 47. Fabricius, p. 1041. cf. Petrus Alphons. Dis- cip. ch. II, 7. Schmidt, Petrus Alphons, p. 92.

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