Talmud for Sanhedrin 37:15

מלך לא דן כו': אמר רב יוסף לא שנו אלא מלכי ישראל אבל מלכי בית דוד דן ודנין אותן דכתיב (ירמיהו כא, יב) בית דוד כה אמר ה' דינו לבקר משפט ואי לא דיינינן ליה אינהו היכי דייני והכתיב (צפניה ב, א) התקוששו וקושו ואמר ר"ל קשט עצמך ואחר כך קשט אחרים

But why this prohibition of the kings of Israel? Because of an incident which happened with a slave of King Jannai.23 who killed a man. Simeon b. Shetah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He was a brother of the queen (v. Ber. 48a), yet the relationship of the ruler with the Pharisees, of whom Simeon b. Shetah was the head, was one of bitter antagonism. History relates most cruel acts which Jannai committed against them (v. Graetz, Geschichte III, 146ff.) At times during his reign, the Sanhedrin consisted almost entirely of Sadducees, Simeon being the only Pharisee among them (v. Meg. Ta'anith 10). This fact might be traced also from this incident [V. Hyman, A., Toledoth, III, 124. A similar story is related by Josephus. (Ant. XIV, 9, 4) of Herod who, as 'servant' of Hyrcanus was charged with murder. The identification of the incident related here with that reported by Josephus, involving a confusion of names on the part of the Talmud, as suggested by Krauss, Sanhedrin-Makkot, 103, is quite unwarranted.] ');">24

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Explanation²⁸Greek δήλωμα. A shortened version is in Thr. rabba3(33).. Rebbi Abba bar Zavda, Rebbi Tanḥum bar Ilai, and Rebbi Joshia came to the fast. Rebbi Abba bar Zavda preached: Let us lift our hearts on the palms²⁹Thr. 3:41.. Is this possible? May a person take his heart and put it on his hand? So what means “let us lift”? Let us treat our hearts equal to our hands³⁰Which one always washes to keep them clean., and then to God in Heaven. So if somebody would hold a crawling animal³¹A dead crawling animal as enumerated in Lev. 11:29–30, as source of original impurity. Babli 16a. in his hand, even if he immerses himself in the waters of Siloam or of the ocean, he never can become pure³²In A one reads: even if he immerses himself in all oceans he never will be pure. If he throws it from his hands, even if he only immerses himself in the waters of the Siloam which are 1x1x2 cubits, he immediately is pure.. But if he throws it³³The dead crawling animal. from his hand he immediately is pure. Rebbi Tanḥum bar Ilai preached: The ministers of Israel and the King submitted and said, the Eternal is just. And when the Eternal saw that they submitted, the Eternal’s word was to Shemaya as oracle³⁴2Chr. 12:6–7.. It is not written “their fast” but they submitted, I shall not destroy them. Rebbi Joshia preached: Become improved and improve³⁵Zeph. 2:1., let us purify ourselves before we purify others³⁶Babli Sanhedrin18a,19a, Bava batra 60b, Bava meṣi`a107b.. Since here are people present who calumniate me before Rebbi Joḥanan. But every single one is called to justice. Attending were Rebbi Ḥiyya³⁷Bar Abba., Rebbi Issy³⁸Usually he is called Yasa, in the Babli Assi., and Rebbi Immi. They got up and left³⁹What offended them in R. Joshia’s sermon is everybody’s guess; each commentator has his own opinion..

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