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In our Chapter, while imprisoned, Jeremiah purchases land in his hometown of Anathoth, at the command of God who assures the prophet that: \u201cHouses, fields, and vineyards shall again be purchased in this land\u201d (2-15). In the continuation, Jeremiah prays to God, wondering at His sometimes inscrutable ways (16-25). In this prayer, Jeremiah describes God as: \u201cwondrous in purpose and mighty in deed, whose eyes observe all the ways of men, so as to repay every man according to his ways\u2026!\u201d (19). This verse figures in a Rabbinic narrative that has become a basis for the Jewish approach to death and mourning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Talmud Bavli Avodah Zarah 17b-18a relates the tradition of ten rabbinic sages martyred by the Romans for ignoring the ban on teaching Torah issued by the Emperor Hadrian in the 2<\/span>nd<\/span> century CE. Among these martyrs was Rabbi Haninah ben Teradion. When he was asked: Why have you taught Torah, he replied that this is: \u201cas the Lord my God has commanded me\u201d (Deuteronomy 4:5). Immediately, he was sentenced to be burnt, his wife to be slain, and his daughter to be consigned to a brothel. As the three were going out to meet their fate, they each declared their submission to what they understood to be the righteous judgment of God. Rabbi Haninah ben Teradion exclaimed: \u201cThe Rock! – His deeds are perfect. Yea, all His ways are just\u201d. His wife completed the verse (Deuteronomy 32:4): \u201cA faithful God, never false, true and upright is He\u201d. Their daughter added: \u201cWondrous in purpose and mighty in deed, whose eyes observe all the ways of men, so as to repay every man according to his ways\u2026!\u201d (19).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rabbinic tradition about the Ten Martyrs is found in Midrash Eichah Rabbah (2:2) and in Midrash Tehillim (9:13). The stories of how ten Rabbinic Sages died at the hands of the Romans were compiled in various medieval midrashic texts. These form the basis of the tragic narrative of the Ten Martyrs (\u2018asarah harugey malkhut) retold annually in the Yom Kippur Mussaf service (Askkenazi rite) in the Piyyut Eleh Ezkerah: \u201cThese I will remember\u2026\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Jewish burial service, referred to as Tzidduq Ha-Din (Submission to the Judgement of God), a Piyyut, beginning with the verse \u201cThe Rock! – His deeds are perfect. Yea, all His ways are just\u201d (Deuteronomy 4:4) may be recited. This verse may also be recited by mourners and those attending a funeral when the deceased is brought to the cemetery. A similar practice of submitting to the judgement of God is the recitation of the blessing \u201cBarukh Dayyan Ha-Emet\u201d (\u201cBlessed be the True Judge\u201d) upon learning of the death of a relative or someone familiar and by mourners at a Jewish funeral (based on Mishnah Berakhot 9:2).<\/span><\/p>\n

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