Commentary for Berakhot 56:21
אמר רבי לוי ברכת הצדוקים ביבנה תקנוה כנגד מי תקנוה
R. Levi said : The benediction relating to the Minim was subsequently instituted at Jabneh. Corresponding to what was it instituted?
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
For this benediction, see Singer, p. 48 — "And for slanderers," etc. "It was directed against antinomians — those who rejected or neglected the Law — and also against sectarians within the Synagogue. The statement which originated with Justin Martyr that the paragraph is an imprecation against Christians in general has no foundation whatever" (Abrahams, p. Ixlv). See also Herford, Christianity in Midrash and Talmud, pp. 125 ff.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
See p. Ill n. 1.
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