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Firuz executes exilarch Huna Mari; year of suffering
Firuz put the exilarch Huna Mari to death, and the Jews under direct Persian rule suffered a year the Talmud calls the destruction of the world.
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- Firuz
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Persecution under Firuz: synagogues destroyed, Torah study banned, children seized
A series of violent acts included destroying synagogues, banning study of the Law, forcibly delivering children to Fire Temples, and imprisoning and executing rabbis.
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- Firuz
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Jewish children raised as fire-worshipers under Perozes
Perozes had Jewish children of Ispahan taken and brought up in the temple of Horwom as fire-worshipers.
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- Perozes, king of Persia
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Perozes executes half the Jews of Ispahan
After the Jewish community was accused of killing and flaying two magi, the Persian king Perozes had half of the city's Jews put to death.
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- Perozes, king of Persia
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Massacre of Jews of Ispahan under Firuz
After Jews of Ispahan were accused of flaying two Magi alive, half the Jewish population was slaughtered and their children given to the fire-worshipers.
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- Firuz (Perozes)
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