It was the custom to present newly married people with a

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 72

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 19, 2025

It was the custom to present newly married people with a hen and a cock and once the Roman soldiers passing by caught the birds and ate them; the Jews then attacked them. This was taken as an act of rebellion and the Romans went against the place. The leader of the Jews was Bar-Deroa, who could jump a mile and kill the people all along the way. But he forgot himself so far as to say: that God had forgotten them. He was bitten by a snake and died. The Roman Emperor had prayed not to be delivered into the power of one man. After this miraculous death he was so overjoyed that he raised the siege and went away. The Jews made a great illumination which was again taken as a sign of rebellion and the town and its inhabitants were destroyed. The town was so large that whilst they were killing the people in one quarter of it, they were holding festivities and rejoicings in the other.

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