תּלמוד אויף ירמיהו 29:1

Rebbi Ḥiyya the son of Rebbi Ada from Jaffa in the name of Rebbi Ze`ira: One has to recite them in one breath together with “the ten sons of Haman.¹⁵¹Verses 9:6–9 together with the first three words of v. 10 have to be recited in one breath. Soferim 13:5, Babli 16b.” Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, one has to write ish at the top of the column and the at the end¹⁵²The last word of Esth. 9:6 has to be on top of a column of 11 lines, under it the names of the ten sons of Haman. Otherwise the lines are empty except for the word ואת at the right end of the line for the first 10 lines. In contrast to what is prescribed here on the 11th line one currently writes עשרת at the end and then starts the next full column with בני המן. Soferim 13:6. since so it (rises) [is compressed]¹⁵³The corrector’s change is from Soferim, to be deleted. and sinks like a plumb-line¹⁵⁴Greek κέντρον.. Rav said, one has to say¹⁵⁵After the reading of the scroll. Gen. rabba 49(1)., Haman be cursed, his sons be cursed. Rebbi Phineas said, one has to say, Ḥarbona be remembered for good. Rebbi Berekhiah, Rebbi Jeremiah, Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: When Rebbi Jonathan came to this verse, whom Nebuchadnezzar exiled¹⁵⁶Esth. 2:6., he used to say, Nebuchadnezzar, may his bones be pulverized; for all “Nebuchadnezzar” written in Jeremiah refer to the living, but here he was dead¹⁵⁷Gen. rabba 49(1); Soferim 14:7..

It is written¹³⁰Jer. 29:1., “to the outstanding Elders of the diaspora”. The Holy One, praise to Him, said: The Elders of the diaspora are very dear to me. More beloved by me is a small group in the Land of Israel than a great Synhedrion outside the Land. It is written¹³¹2K. 24:16. It has been suggested from their association with the soldiers that these were the people trained in the production of weapons.: “The craftsmen and the smiths one thousand,” and you say so? Rebbi Berekhiah in the name of Rebbi Ḥelbo and the rabbis. Rebbi Berekhiah said, one thousand craftsmen and one thousand smiths. But the rabbis say, together one thousand¹³²Modern Bible commentators follow the rabbis.. Rebbi Berekhiah in the name of Rebbi Ḥelbo said, these are the fellows¹³³The people strictly adhering to the rules of ritual purity, cf. Introduction to Tractate Demay, p. 349. If this is the correct interpretation, the question is who are the small group in the Land of Israel. In the Babli, Giṭṭin 88a, this is the only opinion mentioned.; but the rabbis say, these are the councilmen¹³⁴Greek βουλευταί, cf. Peah 1:1, Note 167..