Commentary for Bava Batra 231:3

אמר רבי יצחק דבי רבי אמי מלמד שהתנו על שבט בנימין שלא תירש בת הבן עם האחין

Thus they were defeated. And that day was declared a festive day.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [In Megillath Ta'anith the date assigned for the celebration of this event is 24th Ab. For a full discussion of this discrepancy. v. Zeitlin, S., JQR 1919, 278ff. The attitude of the Sadducees in this controversy was prompted according to Geiger, [H] III, I ff by their anxiety to defend against the attacks of the Pharisees the validity of Herodian succession to the Hashmonean throne through Mariamne, the daughter of Alexander and granddaughter of Hyrcanus; v. HUCA VII-VIII. 278ff.] ');">⁵</span> <i>And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the law is not Specifically enunciated in the Torah it may be inferred by logical deduction, ');">²</span></i>

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