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Ishmael ben Elisha HaKohen

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38: 98:. According to Jewish tradition, his son and daughter were taken captive as slaves in the Roman conquest. As the two slaves were both extremely beautiful, their respective owners decided to mate them together and share the offspring. They were brought together at night, when they could not see each other, but refused to cohabit. When they recognized each other in the morning, they embraced each other and cried until their souls departed. This story is recited in one of the 121:
relates that the Caesar's daughter was so taken by Ishmael's beauty that she ordered his head be skinned while he was still alive so that she could stuff it with straw and preserve it, and this is how Ishmael died. The Eleh Ezkerah is, however, known for its use of poetic license at the expense of
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historical accuracy, and its author(s) probably changed the narrative in order to produce a greater effect upon the mind of the reader.
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There are conflicting accounts of his martyrdom. The
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Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen
Rabbi Ishmael

Hebrew
Kohen
Tannaim
High Priest
Second Temple of Jerusalem
Talmud
Holy of Holies
Ten Martyrs
Shimon ben Gamliel
Kinnot
Tisha BeAv
Avot of Rabbi Natan
decapitated
Midrash Eleh Ezkerah
Druze
Sajur
Upper Galilee
3 Enoch
"Ishmael ben Elisha | Encyclopedia.com"
Brachot 7a
Avot D'Rabbi Natan 38:3
Jewish Encyclopedia
Ma'aseh Avos, David Haddad
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