Friday, March 27, 1964 — THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS -36 Valeria Beruriah Fascinating Story of a Second Century Jewish Portia By RUTH MORRIS (Standard Feature Syndicate) Valeria Beruriah was one of the most remarkable women in early Jewish history and litera- Passover Greetings Oakland ;Waste Material • • tare. She lived in the Second Century and excelled in knowl- edge and wisdom. For the greater part of her life she lived in Tiberias. Pales- tine. She was the daughter of the saintly Hananiah ben Tera- dion, who died a martyr because of his unswerving devotion to the Torah, and the wife of the famous Rabbi Meir, who had to flee from religious persecu- tion. Beruriah was a great scholar in her own right, having ac- quired an immense store of learning. The great Rabbi Johanan stated admiringly that she had mastered 300 laws daily for a period of years. Once Beruriah dared to dif- fer with her great father in the version of a law Rabbi ben Babba preferred her version to that of her father. 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He praised the Lord and asked again: "Where are my sons?" "They will not be afar" she an- swered and placed food before him. When he had said grace after the meal, she thus ad- dressed him: "With thy per- mission, I would like to ask you a question." And when he re- plied: "Ask it then," she said: "A few days ago, a person en- trusted some valuable jewels into my custody, and now he is demanding them of me. Should I give them back to him?" The Rabbi looked at her in astonishment and asked "Why wouldst thou hesitate to restore to the man his own?" She took his hand and led himl to the bed-chamber: slowly she removed the white cover from the dead bodies. "Oh my sons, my poor sons" loudly lamented the rabbi. The mother turned away and wept bitterly. Then Despite the many drastic changes and catastrophies which have tormented the har- assed Jews since her day, Beruriah's wise teachings have been preserved through the pitiless flight of time. 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