Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 46:1
זו בירם
Biram.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apparently some place between Syria and Mesopotamia; v. supra p. 97, n. 1.');"><sup>1</sup></span> What is meant here by DIASPORA [GOLAH]? - R'Joseph said: This is Pumbeditha. What is meant [then] by LIKE ONE BIG BONFIRE? - A Tanna taught: 'Every inhabitant [of Pumbeditha] takes a torch in his hand and goes up on to his roof'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To spread the news throughout Babylon.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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