Quoting%20commentary for Moed Katan 35:15

מתיב ר' ירמיה אלו מכבסין במועד הבא ממדינת הים כו' הני אין מי שאין לו אלא חלוק אחד לא

And Abitol the hair-dresser, citing Rab, said [also this]: Pharaoh<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Under Pharoah, Rab alluded veiledly to the new Persian rulers as may be gathered from the following description of the Parthians (or Persians) . Two Palestinian Rabbis had visited Nehardea and had there an awkward experience. R. Jose b. Kippar, on his return, explained his timidity, thus: 'Those people are a cubit (in height) with a cap a cubit high, speaking as ventriloquists, bearing formidable names (such as) Arda (shir) and Arta (xerxes) and having a shock of hair on their head. If they say, " fetter"="" they="" put="" on="" fetters;="" if="" say="" "kill"="" kill="" .="" and="" were="" related="" to="" royalty',="" git.="" 14b.="" 'surena="" (a="" parthian="" grandee)="" had="" his="" face="" painted="" hair="" parted="" after="" the="" fashion="" of="" medes,="" whereas="" parthians="" (whom="" he="" led="" against="" crassus="" 53="" b.c.e.)="" made="" a="" more="" terrible="" appearance="" with="" their="" shaggy="" gathered="" in="" mass="" upon="" forehead="" scythian="" manner'.="" plutarch's="" lives,="" (everyman's="" library,="" vol.="" ii,="" pp.="" 292-293)="" 'but="" describe="" persons="" customs="" (says="" ammianus="" marcellus)="" are="" nearly="" all="" slight="" figure,="" swarthy...="" fierce-looking="" goat-like="" eyes,="" eyebrows="" arched="" semi-circle="" joined,="" handsome="" beards="" long="" hair'.="" amm.="" marcell.="" chapter="" xxiii,="" vi,="" 75="" (bohn's="" ed.="" 343ff="" expedition="" julian="" 363="" c.e.)="" ue,anrp');"="">¹⁸</span> the contemporary of Moses, was [a puny fellow] a cubit [in height] with a beard a cubit long and his shock of hair<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Adopting J. Perles' suggested etymology cited in (Ar. Compl. s.v. 430b) as more likely correct, ** meaning here not the side whiskers but the other hair, the shock of hair on top of the head.');">¹⁹</span> a cubit and a span, justifying what is said: And He setteth up over it [the kingdom of men] the lowest of men.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dan. IV, 14, in reference to Nebuchadnezzar who turned beast, with hair grown like eagles' feathers (v. 30) . Cf. Kid. ');">²⁰</span>

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