Burying the Slain of Beitar
R. Huna said: From the time when the slain from Beitar were allowed to be buried, the [blessing] “The One who is good and does good” was established. “Good”: that [the slain were not allowed to] decay; “does good”: that they were allowed to be buried.
Translated by Matthew Goldstone.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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The rabbis relate that the bodies of those killed at Beitar did not decay until they could be buried.
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