the lion was the character of baroka in the lion and the jewel.
the lion was the character of baroka in the lion and the jewel.
character of baroka in the lion and the jewel?
the lion
the scene is now baroka's bedroom. baroka is arm-wrestling the wrestler seen earlier. he is surprised that she (sidi) managed to enter unchallenged. then he suddenly remembers that that day was the designated day off for the servants. he laments that lakunle had made his servants form an entity called the palace workers' union. he asks if ailatu was at her usual place, and was disappointed to find out that she had not left him yet despite scolding her severely. then sidi mentions that she was here for the supper. sidi starts playing around with baroka. she asks him what was up between him and ailatu. he is annoyed. changing the subject, sidi says that she thinks baroka will win the ongoing arm-wrestling match. baroka responds humbly, complimenting the strength and ability of the wrestler. she slowly teases baroka, asking if he was planning to take a wife. she draws an example, asking if he was her father, would he let her marry a person like him?
the lion and the jewel
johanan ben baroka









































johanan ben baroka (or johanan b. baroka; , or sometimes spelled יוחנן בן ברוקא, both read as "yochanan ben [son of] beroka") was a second and third generation jewish tanna sage (2nd century).









































he was a disciple of rabbi yehoshua and colleague of eleazar chisma. he maintained a scholarly intercourse with johanan ben nuri.









































he had a son, r. ishmael ben johanan ben baroka, who was accounted in the fourth generation of the jewish tanna sages.









































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johanan ben baroka