Solomon & Chess

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 426

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

426. Solomon & Chess. Maase Buch No. 230. Helvicus, Historien, I, ch. 41, p. 181.

Tendlau, Fellmeier,

No. 116.

Ginzburg, IV, p. 172. Ben Gorion III, p. 77, 302.

Clouston, Eastern Romances, p. 250, 252 ft.

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