Commentary for Bekhorot 99:28
כל כסף האמור בתורה סתם סלע דנביאים ליטרין דכתובין קינטרין
Said R'Oshaiah: [The Rabbis] proposed to hide all the silver and gold in the world on account of the silver and gold of Jerusalem,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To save those in the Temple treasury, which were holy and forbidden to be used by strangers, becoming mixed with the gold and silver belonging to the Gentiles.');"><sup>23</sup></span>
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