Sotah 9:14 — The Gezeiros of the Wars

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The Gezeiros of the Wars

גְּזֵרוֹת הַפֻּלְמוֹסִים
Mishnah סוטה ט׳:י״ד · Sotah 9:14
בַּפֻּלְמוֹס שֶׁל אַסְפַּסְיָנוּס גָּזְרוּ
עַל עַטְרוֹת חֲתָנִים,
וְעַל הָאֵרוּס.
בַּפֻּלְמוֹס שֶׁל טִיטוּס גָּזְרוּ
עַל עַטְרוֹת כַּלּוֹת,
וְשֶׁלֹּא יְלַמֵּד אָדָם אֶת בְּנוֹ יְוָנִית.
בַּפֻּלְמוֹס הָאַחֲרוֹן גָּזְרוּ
שֶׁלֹּא תֵצֵא הַכַּלָּה בָּאַפִּרְיוֹן בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר,
וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ הִתִּירוּ
שֶׁתֵּצֵא הַכַּלָּה בָּאַפִּרְיוֹן בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר.
In the war of Aspasyanus they decreed
against bridegrooms’ crowns,
and against the drum;
in the war of Titus they decreed
against brides’ crowns,
and that one may not teach his son Greek;
in the last war they decreed
that a bride may not go out in a palanquin (a canopied litter) within the city —
but our Rabbis permitted
a bride to go out in a palanquin within the city.

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