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[[File:יהודה בן בבא.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:יהודה בן בבא.jpg|thumb|The Cave of the Tanna Rabbi Yehuda Ben Bava - One of the Ten Martyrs. The Gravesite is Located Exactly Midway Between Usha and Shfaram]] | ||
'''The Ten Martyrs''' were ten [[Tannaim]] (Mishnaic sages) who were killed for the sanctification of G-d's name by the government. It is traditionally accepted that the reason for this was because they were equivalent in their generation to the ten tribes who sold Joseph the Righteous, and therefore they were killed. Among these Tannaim were Rabbi Yishmael the High Priest, Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef, Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, Rabbi Chanina ben Teradion, Rabbi Elazar ben Shamua, Rabbi Yeshevav the Scribe, Rabbi Chutzpit the Interpreter, and according to some opinions, also Rabbi Chanina the Deputy High Priest. | '''The Ten Martyrs''' were ten [[Tannaim]] (Mishnaic sages) who were killed for the sanctification of G-d's name by the government. It is traditionally accepted that the reason for this was because they were equivalent in their generation to the ten tribes who sold Joseph the Righteous, and therefore they were killed. Among these Tannaim were Rabbi Yishmael the High Priest, Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef, Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, Rabbi Chanina ben Teradion, Rabbi Elazar ben Shamua, Rabbi Yeshevav the Scribe, Rabbi Chutzpit the Interpreter, and according to some opinions, also Rabbi Chanina the Deputy High Priest. | ||
[[File:חוצפית.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:חוצפית.jpg|thumb|The Tombstone of the Tanna Rabbi Chutzpit HaMeturgeman - One of the Ten Martyrs - Near Tzfat]] | ||
== The Well-being of the Government == | == The Well-being of the Government == | ||
In Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), the saying is brought: "Pray for the well-being of the government, for without fear of it, people would swallow each other alive." | In Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), the saying is brought: "Pray for the well-being of the government, for without fear of it, people would swallow each other alive." | ||
[[File:רבי ישמעאל כהן גדול.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:רבי ישמעאל כהן גדול.jpg|thumb|The Gravesite of the Tanna Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha Kohen Gadol - One of the Ten Martyrs - in Sajur]] | ||
The need to ensure the "well-being of the government" as a prerequisite for proper Torah study is emphasized when the authors of the sayings in our Mishnah are "Rabbi Chanina the Deputy High Priest" and Rabbi Chanina ben Teradion: | The need to ensure the "well-being of the government" as a prerequisite for proper Torah study is emphasized when the authors of the sayings in our Mishnah are "Rabbi Chanina the Deputy High Priest" and Rabbi Chanina ben Teradion: | ||