Commentary for Gittin 29:1

כבינתי לבתי והיא בשנים עשר מנה ומתה וקיימו חכמים את דבריה אמר להם בני רוכל תקברם אמם

to my daughter, it is worth twelve <i>maneh</i>; and then she died and the Sages carried out her instruction? He replied: The sons of Rokel — may their mother bury them!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As much as to say, they are men of such bad character that their name is not fit to be mentioned in the Beth Hamidrash, and they do not form a precedent. For fuller notes v. B.B. (Sonc. ed.) p. 679. ');">¹</span>

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