Commentary for Pesachim 113:7

תנא אבא שאול אומר קורות של שקמה היו ביריחו והיו בעלי זרועות נוטלין אותן בזרוע עמדו בעלים והקדישום לשמים

woe is me because of their fists! For they are High Priests<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The High Priesthood by this time was a source of great political power. Once a man became a High Priest he retained much of his power, and perhaps his title too, even if he was deposed; hence there were often several High Priests at the same time; v. Halevi, Doroth, I, 3, p. 445, n. 30; pp. 633f; 718.');">¹⁷</span> and their sons are [Temple] treasurers and their sons-in-law are trustees and their servants beat the people with staves.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For this passage cf. Josephus, Antiquities XX, 8,8.');">¹⁸</span> Our Rabbis taught: Four cries did the Temple Court cry out. The first: 'Depart hence, ye children of Eli,' for they defiled the Temple of the Lord.

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