Three Chests - Gold Held Ashes, Wood Held Life

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 424

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

424. Three Chests.

Baba Batra, f. 58 a.

Behrnauer, 40 Veziere, p. no.

cf. Benfey, Pantschat I, 407-

Burton, Supplemental Nights. IV, p. 6.

Gaster, Anuar p. Israelis 1879, P- 22 *•

Gaster, Beitrage, p. 6ff.

Gesta Rom. No. 251. Liebrecht, Zur Volks- kunde, p. 456. Lidzbarski, Neu-Aram. p- 258.

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Wisdom Adam Eve Heaven Torah Soul

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