Across
- 3. He only ate the skin of a pomegranate (9)
- 6. Hadrian avenged this person's suffering (5)
- 10. Roman general laying seige on Jerusalem (9)
- 13. Its timing was a point of contention between two great scholars (6)
- 14. First name of the Reish Galusa at the RSG time (5)
- 15. This place did not appreciate the scholar they redeemed (7)
- 16. Rav owned a refinery that produced this substance (4)
Down
- 1. The Temple of ______ was built on Har HaBayis (7)
- 2. This was the last stronghold of Bar Kochba
- 4. The laws of _____ were recorded in Yavneh (13)
- 5. Who did Reb Meir rescue from captivity? (11)
- 7. The place R' Saadia Gaon was born (5)
- 8. Kochba means ______
- 9. This was the title of the man who transcribed the Oral Torah (4)
- 11. The substance in which R' Shmuel HaNagid dealt with initially
- 12. The _____ Kalla took place in Elul and Adar (7)
- 13. He caused Reb Shimon to be hunted by the Romans (6)