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of phylactery boxes were found on the heads of those killed in Beitar. R' Yannai, son of R' Yishmael, says: There were found 3 large baskets each holding 40 se’a of phylactery boxes. And it was taught in a baraita: There were 40 large baskets each holding 3 se’a.
The Talmud notes: And these rabbis do not disagree: This Sage is referring to tefillin of the head, whereas this Sage is referring to tefillin of the arm, for owing to the different manners in which they are fashioned, they are also different in size.
R' Asi says: 4 kav of brains from children whose skulls were smashed were found on one stone. Ulla says: 9 kav. Rav Kahana said, and some say that it was Sheila bar Mari who said: What is the verse from which it is derived? “O daughter of Babylon, marked for devastation; happy is he who shall repay
§ The verse states: “The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold” (Lamentations 4:2). What is the meaning of the expression “comparable to fine gold”? If we say that it means they were covered in fine gold [piza], this is difficult; but didn’t the school of R' Sheila say: Two istira weights
The Talmud relates that initially the noblemen of Rome would keep an image imprinted on a seal by their beds and have sex opposite that image, so that they would beget children of similar beauty. From this point forward, from the time of the Great Revolt, they would bring Jewish children, tie them