Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 62:2

רבי אלעזר אומר שש גלות שנאמר (ישעיהו כו, ה) כי השח יושבי מרום קריה נשגבה ישפילנה ישפילה עד ארץ יגיענה עד עפר א"ר יוחנן ומשם עתידין ליגאל שנאמר (ישעיהו נב, ב) התנערי מעפר קומי שבי:

and Tiberias is the lowest-lying of them all,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being on Lake Galilee below sea-level. This is a figurative way of saying that at Tiberias the authority of the Sanhedrin sank to its lowest level.');">⁴</span> as it says, And brought down thou shalt speak out of the ground.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XXIX, 4.');">⁵</span> R'Eleazar says: There were six banishments, as it says, For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, laying it low, laying it low even to the ground, bringing it even to th dust.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXVI, 5. The six are (i) he hath brought down, (ii) laying it low, (iii) laying it low, (iv) even to the ground, (v) bringing it, (vi) even to the dust.');">⁶</span>

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