Gittin 58A

קצוצי תפילין נמצאו בראשי הרוגי ביתר. רבי ינאי ברבי ישמעאל אמר: שלש קופות של ארבעים ארבעים סאה. במתניתא תנא: ארבעים קופות של שלש שלש סאין.

of phylactery boxes were found on the heads of those killed in Beitar. R' Yannai, son of R' Yishmael, says: There were found 3 large baskets each holding 40 se’a of phylactery boxes. And it was taught in a baraita: There were 40 large baskets each holding 3 se’a.

ולא פליגי: הא דרישא, הא דדרעא.

The Talmud notes: And these rabbis do not disagree: This Sage is referring to tefillin of the head, whereas this Sage is referring to tefillin of the arm, for owing to the different manners in which they are fashioned, they are also different in size.

אמר רבי אסי: ארבעה קבין מוח נמצאו על אבן אחת. עולא אמר: תשעת קבין. אמר רב כהנא ואיתימא שילא בר מרי: מאי קראה? ״בת בבל השדודה, אשרי שישלם לך וגו׳, אשרי שיאחז ונפץ את עולליך אל הסלע״.

R' Asi says: 4 kav of brains from children whose skulls were smashed were found on one stone. Ulla says: 9 kav. Rav Kahana said, and some say that it was Sheila bar Mari who said: What is the verse from which it is derived? “O daughter of Babylon, marked for devastation; happy is he who should repay you your recompense for what you have done to us. Happy is he who should seize and dash your little ones against the rock” (Psalms 137:8–9).

״בני ציון היקרים המסולאים בפז״⁠ – מאי ״מסולאים בפז״? אילימא דהוו מחפי בפיזא, והאמרי דבי רבי שילא: תרתי מתקלי איסתירי פיזא נחות בעלמא ⁠– חדא ברומי, וחדא בכולי עלמא! אלא שהיו מגנין את הפז ביופיין.

§ The verse states: “The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold” (Lamentations 4:2). What is the meaning of the expression “comparable to fine gold”? If we say that it means they were covered in fine gold [piza], this is difficult; but didn’t the school of R' Sheila say: Two istira weights of fine gold came down into the world, one in Rome and one in all the rest of the world. If so, it is certainly impossible to cover the inhabitants of Jerusalem with fine gold, as there is not enough of it in the entire world to do so. Rather, this means that they would be so attractive that they would disgrace fine gold because of their beauty.