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and the mother of Shealtiel conceived while standing. Alternatively, “Shealtiel” is interpreted as meaning that God [El ] requested [nishal ] dissolution of His oath, as it were, and allowed Jeconiah to father a child. In the continuation of that passage in Chronicles, where the verse refers to the
Having mentioned the sons of R' Ḥiyya, the Talmud relates: Yehuda and Ḥizkiyya, sons of R' Ḥiyya, were sitting at a meal before R' Yehuda HaNasi, and they were not saying anything. R' Yehuda HaNasi said to his servants: Add more wine for the young men, so that they will say something. Once they wer
R' Yehuda HaNasi said to them: My children, do you throw thorns in my eyes? How can you say this in the presence of the Nasi himself? R' Ḥiyya said to him: My teacher, do not view their behavior in a negative light. Wine [yayin] is given in letters of 70, i.e., the numerical value of the letters i
Apropos the discussion of exile, Rav Ḥisda says that Mar Ukva says, and some say that Rav Ḥisda says that Mari bar Mar taught: What is the meaning of that which is written: “And so YHWH has hastened the evil, and brought it upon us; for YHWH our God is righteous in all His works He has done” (Daniel
This is as it is written concerning the exile of Jeconiah: “And all the men of might, 7,000, and the craftsmen [heḥarash] and the smiths [vehammasger] 1,000” (II Kings 24:16). The Talmud interprets: The term “ḥarash,” which can be read as ḥeresh, deaf-mute, is referring to Torah scholars, as when