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Interesting times.
Egyptians "Sue" For Gold & Silver (4th Century BCE)Egyptian representatives appeared in the court of Alexander the Great, demanding that the Jews pay restitution for all the Egyptian gold and silver they took along with them during the Exodus. Geviha the son of Pesisa, a simple but wise Jew, requested the sages' permission to present a defense on behalf of the Jews.
Geviha asked the Egyptians for evidence that the Jews absconded with their wealth. "The crime is clearly recorded in your Torah," the Egyptians gleefully responded.
"In that case," Geviha said, "the Torah also says that 600,000 Jews were unjustly enslaved by the Egyptians for many, many years. So first let us calculate how much you owe us..."
The court granted the Egyptians three days in which to prepare a response. When they were unable to do so they fled on the following day, the 25th of Nissan, and never returned.
In Talmudic times, the day when the Egyptian delegation fled was celebrated as a mini-holiday.
Wonder if they'll remember The Ones pecs and Michelle's arms a couple millenia hence. Court Jester Biden, they might remember him.
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Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution."It's not the first time we've heard that Shimon Hatzadik isn't buried here," chimed in a young man standing nearby, his sidecurls hanging long past his shoulders. "[MK] Ahmed Tibi came here a few years ago and tried to say that there was a sheikh buried here." "But when this place was refounded, after '67, one of the first things we found was a mikve [ritual bath] here," Rabbi Yosef continued. "Are you going to tell me there were sheikhs that used a mikve?" Yosef went on to say that Jewish artifacts - menorahs and Hebrew prayer books, among others - had been found deep inside the tombs.To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. |
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