Burial of Scholar & Taxgather

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 332

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 12, 2025

Burial of Scholar & Taxgather.

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of Ascalon.

J. Hagigah, II, 2.

Sifre, Deut. § 221, f. 114 b.

Midr. Decalogue, IX, ib. Nissim, f. 3 b.

Rashi to Sanhedrin (the supreme rabbinic court), f. 44.

Tosafot Hagigah, f. 16 b, s. v. Ab.

Aboab, Men Ham. ch. 54.

Lonzano, Maarikh, p. 121 No. 27, 28; p. 124, No. 37.

Farhi, O. P. Ill, f. 57 a and b.

Jellinek, B. H. I, p. 38; V, p. 131, 206.

Sef. Hamaasiyot, ed. Araki Cohen ch. 76.

Eisenstein, Oser, p. 321.

Yalk. Sip. II, p. 175; III, p. 16.

Maase Buch No. 88.

Ben Gorion II, p. 140, 346; 187, 352.

Cod. de Rossi, 563, f. 92 a—93 a.

Cod. Oxf. 1311, f. 90b to 91b.

Cod. G. 184, No. 192.

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