Jewish%20thought for Taanit 39:11

(איכה א, א) היתה כאלמנה אמר רב יהודה לברכה כאלמנה ולא אלמנה ממש אלא כאשה שהלך בעלה למדינת הים ודעתו לחזור עליה

Rab Judah said: [The verse implies] blessing; 'as a widow'; not a real widow, but a woman whose husband has gone to a country beyond the sea [fully] intending to return to her. Therefore have I also made you contemptable and base before all the people:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mal. 11,9.');">¹⁴</span> Rab Judah said: [The verse implies] blessing; of you no overseers of rivers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., toll collectors. hyphrhzd');">¹⁵</span>

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