Sukkah 52b Part 3/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Who were the four charashim Zechariah was shown, and who are the seven shepherds and eight princes of the pasuk in Micha? Back in the Mishnah, young kohanim climb ladders with jugs of oil to fill the bowls of the golden menoros. A beraisa calls them stronger than the son of Marta bas Baisus, who carried two flanks of an expensive ox up the ramp until his brothers stopped him.

Key points

• The four charashim are Moshiach ben David, Moshiach ben Yosef, Eliyahu and Kohen Tzedek.
• Rav Chana reads the four as coming to frighten away those who scattered Klal Yisrael.
• Rashi says he does not know why these seven shepherds and eight princes were chosen.
• The beraisa's jugs of 30 lug show the 120 lug filled all four bowls together.
• The Gemara explains the kohanim's strength: upright ladders are harder than a sloping ramp.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Opening
2. 1:18The four charashim in Zechariah
3. 3:51Seven shepherds and eight princes
4. 9:16Back to the Mishnah's tikkun gadol
5. 15:42120 lug for all or each
6. 17:29The son of Marta bas Baisus
7. 23:26B'rov am hadras melech
8. 27:30Ramp versus upright ladders

Topics

• Four Charashim
• Menorah
• B'rov Am Hadras Melech
• Marta bas Baisus