Commentary for Sotah 96:5
ואם לחשך אדם לומר (עזרא ב, סג) ויאמר התרשתא להם אשר לא יאכלו מקדש הקדשים עד עמוד כהן לאורים ותומים [אמור לו] כאדם שאומר לחבירו עד שיחיו מתים ויבא משיח בן דוד
Come and hear: When the first Temple was destroyed — the cities with pasture land<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the Levites; v. Num. XXXV, 2. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> were abolished, the Urim and Thummim ceased, there was no more a king from the House of David; and if anyone incites you to quote, And the governor said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezra II, 63. From this verse it would appear that the Urim and Thummim continued up to the destruction of the first Temple, contrary to the view of R. Huna. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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