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and swear to YHWH of hosts; one shall be called the city of destruction” (Isaiah 19:18). They went to Alexandria in Egypt and built an altar and sacrificed offerings upon it for the sake of Heaven, as it is stated in the following verse: “In that day shall there be an altar to YHWH in the midst of
The verse states: “One shall be called the city of destruction” (Isaiah 19:18). The Talmud asks: What is the meaning of the verse: “One shall be called the city of destruction”? The Talmud answers: As Rav Yosef translates into Aramaic: Concerning the City of the Sun, which will be destroyed in the
§ After mentioning the Jewish community in Egypt, the Talmud discusses Jewish communities in other locations. The verse states: “Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your seed from the east and gather you from the west; I will say to the north: Give up, and to the south: Keep not back, bring My
§ R' Abba bar Rav Yitzḥak says that Rav Ḥisda says, and some say that Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: The non-Jews living from Tyre to Carthage recognize the Jewish people, their religion, and their Father in Heaven. But those living to the west of Tyre and to the east of Carthage recognize neither
Rav Shimi bar Ḥiyya raised an objection to the statement of Rav from the verse: “From the rising of the sun until it sets, My name is great among the nations; and in every place offerings are presented to My name, and a pure meal offering; for My name is great among the nations, says YHWH of hosts”