Quoting%20commentary for Eruvin 37:15

ותו ליכא והאמר ר' מריון אמר ר' יהושע בן לוי ואמרי לה תנא רבה בר מריון בדבי רבי יוחנן בן זכאי שתי תמרות יש בגי בן הנום ועולה עשן מביניהן וזו היא ששנינו ציני הר הברזל כשירות וזו היא פתחה של גיהנם דילמא היינו דירושלים

There are two palm-trees in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and between them smoke rises, and it is [in connection with] this [spot] that we have learnt: 'The stone-palms of the iron mountain are fit',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the lulab (v. Glos.) .');">⁴⁷</span> and this is the gate of Gehenna? - It is possible that [this gate] is the same as the one in Jerusalem'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The valley of Ben Hinnom lies immediately behind the wall of Jerusalem.');">⁴⁸</span> R'Joshua B'Levi stated: Gehenna has seven names, and they are: Nether-world,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or 'Sheol'.');">⁴⁹</span> Destruction, Pit,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or, 'pit of destruction'.');">⁵⁰</span>

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