Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Yevamot 244:4

אמרתי לו אריה יישר כחך אמר לי מנין אתה יודע שאריה שמי כך קורין אותי בעירי יוחנן ברבי יהונתן אריה דמכפר שיחיא לימים חלה ומת והשיא רבי טרפון את אשתו

"Whence did you know [he asked] that my name was Lion? So in fact I am called in my home town: Johanan son of R. Jonathan, the Lion of Kefar Shihaya",<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], Klein S. (v. E.J. Col. 1139) reads [H] Kefar Shihlayim, a village in Idumaea, Saallis (Chaalis) mentioned in Joseph. Wars III, 2.2. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> and after some time he fell ill and died'. And [on this evidence] R. Tarfon permitted his<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The dead man's. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> wife to marry again.

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