Ten martyrs

The Ten Martyrs (Hebrew עשרת הרוגי מלכות Aseret Harugei Malchut ) are Jewish scholars who were killed in the first and early second centuries after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and in the persecution under Emperor Hadrian .

The stories are contained in the midrash Elle ezkera .

They are recited at Yom Kippur in Musaf , at Tisha beAv a similar story is read as Kinot (קינות) ( Arzei ha Lebanon ).

martyr

• Rabbi Shimon ben Gamaliel
• Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen Gadol
• Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph
• Rabbi Hanina ben Teradjon
• Rabbi Chuzpit the interpreter
• Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua
• Rabbi Chananja ben Chakinai
• Rabbi Yeshivav
• Rabbi Jehuda ben Dama
• Rabbi Jehuda ben Baba

Web links

• The Ten Martyrs , in Jewish Encyclopedia

literature

• Hermann L. Strack , Günter Stemberger : Introduction to Talmud and Midrash . 7th completely revised edition. Beck, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-406-08282-3