Commentary for Taanit 9:13

Is there then a heavenl Jerusalem? -Yes; for it is written, Jerusalem thou art builded as a city that is compact together.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXXII, 3. Stressing the word R. Johanan adduces from the verse that Jerusalem has a a companion (or prototype) in heaven. Both are said to be situated exactly opposite each other. [The verse in Hosea is thus taken to mean: There is a holy (city) in thy midst');">¹²</span> R'Nahman further said to R'Isaac: What is the meaning of the verse, But they are altogether brutish and foolish; the vanities by which they are instructed are but a stock?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. X, 8. urgcu rgc');">¹³</span>

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