Commentary for Taanit 47:14

אתו עבדיה ורמו ליה סודרא בצואריה וקא מצערו ליה אמרו (ליה) בני מאתיה שבקיה דהא נמי מצער לן כיון דחזינן דכל מיליה לשום שמים לא אמרי ליה מידי ושבקינן ליה אתון נמי שבקוהו

Thereupon Oshaiah, the youngest of the college scholars,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [ , Aliter: (Oshaia) Ze'ira of Haberya. a village in the Hawran district. V. Horowitz, p. 263.]');">⁸</span> expounded the verse, Then it shall be, if it be done in error by the congregation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XV, 24.');">⁹</span> This can be compared to a bride who lives in the house of her father. So long as her eyes<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The meaning is that the leaders of the community ('the eyes') because of their sins are the cause of the sufferings that have befallen the community.');">¹⁰</span>

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