see the very bottom of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty for the size of EY from Yehada HaMaccabe through Hyrcanus II. Note how small it is in the early years -- Eli Turkel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/attachments/20120525/1a490ef1/attachment.htm>