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* Living, moves not, yet when its head is cut off it moves. — A ship in the sea (made from a tree). |
* Living, moves not, yet when its head is cut off it moves. — A ship in the sea (made from a tree). |
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* What was that which is produced from the ground, yet produces it, while its food is the fruit of the ground? — A wick. |
* What was that which is produced from the ground, yet produces it, while its food is the fruit of the ground? — A wick. |
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'''Midrash ha-Hefez''' is also the title of a book by physician Rabbi Yahya bin Suleiman el-Israili (Zachariah bin Solomon ha-Rofeh), ca. 1430. |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 15:39, 10 July 2018
Midrash ha-Ḥefez (midrash of desire / business) is a Hebrew text of 1430 about a wisdom contest between King Solomon and The Queen of Sheba. It is noted as part of a long literary tradition about these figures, and for its inclusion of a number of Hebrew riddles:[1]
- There is an enclosure with ten doors: when one is open nine are shut; when nine are open, one is shut. — The womb, the bodily orifices, and the umbilical cord.
- Living, moves not, yet when its head is cut off it moves. — A ship in the sea (made from a tree).
- What was that which is produced from the ground, yet produces it, while its food is the fruit of the ground? — A wick.
Midrash ha-Hefez is also the title of a book by physician Rabbi Yahya bin Suleiman el-Israili (Zachariah bin Solomon ha-Rofeh), ca. 1430.
References
- ^ Solomon Schechter (1890), "The Riddles of Solomon in Rabbinic Literature", Folk-Lore, 1: 353ff.
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