Gittin 56b

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How did Titus meet his end after the Churban, and what did Onkelos hear from the dead? Titus taunted that Hashem's power is only in water, and a tiny gnat in his brain tormented him for seven years. Onkelos raised Titus, Bilaam and poshei Yisrael before deciding whether to join Klal Yisrael. The Gemara then turns to the power of embarrassment, and to Tur Malka, destroyed over a rooster and a hen.

Key points

• A tiny gnat entered Titus's nose and knocked on his brain for seven years.
• Raised by Onkelos, Titus called Yisrael most important but advised fighting them to become a leader.
• From Bar Kamtza the Gemara learns how serious it is to embarrass someone.
• David said Hashem had forsaken us as a question, the man from the Darom as a statement.
• Like a deer's hide, Eretz Yisrael expands while Klal Yisrael lives in it.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Recap of the three Roman rulers
2. 3:20Titus at sea and the gnat
3. 9:01Titus asks to be burned
4. 9:57Onkelos raises Titus
5. 13:08Onkelos raises Bilaam and poshei Yisrael
6. 16:57The power of embarrassment
7. 18:50Tur Malka, the rooster and hen
8. 28:07600,000 cities and Eretz Tzvi

Topics

• Churban
• Titus
• Onkelos
• Kamtza and bar Kamtza