Gittin 57a

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Churban Beitar is one of the five calamities of Tisha B'Av, and the Rambam calls it as serious as the churban of the Beis HaMikdash. In the Gemara, the war began when wood from a chuppah tree was cut for the Keiser's daughter's broken chariot. The Gemara then tells of Nevuzradan and Zecharia's blood, and of the 400 children who jumped into the sea. Last comes the mother and her seven sons.

Key points

• People thought Bar Koziva was Moshiach and named him Bar Kochba, son of the star.
• In an explanation once heard, plowing the Har HaBayis turned Yaakov's bayis back into Yitzchak's sadeh.
• Chazal instituted HaTov VeHaMeitiv when the harugei Beitar, still not decomposed, were allowed burial.
• The Gemara says Nevuzradan, after killing to calm Zecharia's blood, did teshuva and became a ger tzedek.
• The Chofetz Chaim calls lashon hara the main root of sinas chinam.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Churban Beitar and Bar Kochba
2. 2:08Five calamities of Tisha B'Av
3. 5:49Plowing the Har HaBayis
4. 9:08Harugei Beitar and HaTov VeHaMeitiv
5. 10:43The Keiser's daughter and Beitar
6. 16:10Nevuzradan and the blood of Zecharia
7. 25:32Kol Yaakov and Golus Edom
8. 32:37The 400 boys and girls
9. 36:23The mother and her seven sons

Topics

• Churban Beitar
• Tisha B'Av
• Churban
• Bar Kochba