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Sphirat HaOmer - How Did the Students of Rabbi Aqiva Die?" (Video)

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We have a principle in Judaism that the testimony of 2 or 3 witnesses usually holds more weight than one.
In addition to the sources I have already provided, also midrash Kohlelet Rabba Parsha 11 attributes the death of the students to the attitude one had to another.
The Talmud in Menachot 68b also provides an example of one student, who died during the Omer period, because of  a lack of respect for Rabbi Tarfon. In that example, the emphasis is entirely on the spiritual issue and no hint is made at the Romans.
By the way Bereishit Rabba which holds by the spiritual explanation for the death of the students seems to be much older (and much more widely used) than the writings of Rabbi Shrira Gaon.

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