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Midrash Eleh Ezkerah
The word “martyr” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 6 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Midrash Aggadic Midrash Targum v t e Midrash Eleh Ezkerah ( ) is an aggadic midrash , one of the smaller midrashim , which receives its name from the fact that a seliḥah for the Day of Atonement , which treats the same subject and begins with the words "Eleh ezkerah," recounts the execution of ten famous teachers of the Mishnah in the time of the persecution by Hadrian (see Ten Martyrs ). The same event is related in a very ancient source, Ekah Rabbati on Lam. ii. 2, ed.1 Teh. on Ps. ix. 13, ed.2
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“martyr” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 6. Read the current article and compare.
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| martyr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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