Thursday, January 19, 2012

Animosity between Israel and Diaspora

Hi,

"Mishnah: They made a ramp for him [the person transporting the scapegoat on Yom Kippur], for the Babylonians would pull his hair, saying, 'Take it and go! Take it and go!'

"Rabbah bar bar Chanah said: They were not Babylonians; they were Alexandrians, but because the Israelis hated the Babylonians they identified this group by their name."

(Talmud, Yoma 66b)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

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