Destruction of Bet Tur

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 75

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 8, 2025

Destruction of Bet Tur. Gittin, f. 57 a. Sanhedrin (the supreme rabbinic court), f. 17 b.

Rosh Hashana, f. 18 b. Taanit, 26 b, 29 a. Mishnah (the earliest code of rabbinic law) Taanit, IV, 6. J. Taanit, f. 69 a.

Midr. Hagadol, Deut.

Ki Tabo.

Gen. R. ch. 65.

Song R. end sect. II. Lament R. to II, 2; IV, 8.

Yalk. § 115. Raymundus Mart., Pu- gio, p. 261.

Eisenmenger II, p. 655 f. Krauss in J. E. s. v.

Bethar vol. III.

Cod. G. 97 (Jerahmeel) f. 776.

75 a. Bar Cozibas Exploits. Taanit, f. 18 b.

Meg. Taanit, XII.

J. Taanit, IV, 7.

Gittin, f. 57a.

Midr. Hagadol, Deut.

Ki Tabo.

Gen. R. ch. 65.

Song R. II, end.

Midr. Ten Kings, ed. Horowitz Bibl. Hagg.

I, p. 50.

Yalk. § 946 and § 1001. Yalk. Sip. IV, p. 63. Raymundus Mart. Pu- gio, p. 256, 258. Eisenmenger I, p. 396;

II, p. 654-655. cf. Dsanglun, ed.

Schmidt, ch. 36, p. 301.

Krauss, in J. E. s. v. Bar Kokba.

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