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as they were already removed. One can respond: This baraita deals exclusively with Jerusalem. Granted that the bones of those who perished in the Flood and at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar were removed from Jerusalem, but they were not removed from all of Eretz Yisrael. Therefore, outside Jerusalem
There are those who say the discussion should be inverted, and Reish Lakish raised an objection to R' Yoḥanan, who holds that the Flood did not affect Eretz Yisrael, from that baraita, as R' Yehoshua said: Where are the dead of the Flood, and where are all of the dead killed by Nebuchadnezzar? Re
Reish Lakish raised an objection to R' Yoḥanan: With regard to the Flood, it is stated: “All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was on the dry land, died” (Genesis 7:22). Granted, according to my opinion, that I say the flood descended upon Eretz Yisrael, due to that
The Talmud notes that this is in accordance with the statement of Rav Ḥisda, as Rav Ḥisda says: The Generation of the Flood sinned with boiling heat, i.e., forbidden sex, and they were punished with the boiling heat of the Flood waters. As it is written here, with regard to the Flood: “And God rem
There are those who say that this discussion should be inverted, and in fact R' Yoḥanan raised an objection to Reish Lakish from that verse: It is stated that “whatsoever was on the dry land, died” (Genesis 7:22). Granted, according to my opinion, that I say that the flood did not descend upon Eretz