Jewish%20thought for Sanhedrin 75:5

דכתיב ביה בגלות יכניה (מלכים ב כד, טז) החרש והמסגר אלף חרש כיון שפותחין הכל נעשו כחרשין מסגר כיון שסוגרין בהלכה שוב אין פותחין וכמה היו אלף

so that they may say something. When the wine took effect, they began by saying: The son of David<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the Messiah. ');">⁸</span> cannot appear ere the two ruling houses in Israel shall have come to an end, viz., the Exilarchate, in Babylon and the Patriarchate in Palestine, for it is written, And he shall be for a Sanctuary, for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both houses of Israel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. VIII, 14. ');">⁹</span>

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