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#678: Better a Live Dog than Dead Lion

#678: Better a Live Dog than Dead Lion

Midrash Ruth Rabbah on Parashat Vayakhel, Shemot/Exodus 35:1

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Emperor Hadrian, who put down the Bar Kokhba rebellion in 135 CE. Photo credit: djehouty, CC-SA.4.0

Shemot/Exodus 35:3

לֹא־תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת׃

You shall kindle no fire throughout your settlements on the sabbath day.

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