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4 unusual facts about Eleazar ha-Kappar


Eleazar ha-Kappar

"The synagogues and Beth midrashs in Babylonia will in the time to come be planted in Eretz Israel."

An important Archaeology finding that was discovered at a Mosque in "Kfar Devora" was a frame-head decorated with two Birds of prey, holding Nosegay in their Beaks.

The frame-head bears the inscription:
"זה בית מדרשו שהלרבי אליעזר הקפר"
("This is the Beth midrash houses of learning of Rabbi Eliezer ha-Kappar")

This is the only source from the era of the Tannaim that the term "Beth midrash" is cited.



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