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Been long time since I dipped by toes in to this topic, but this seems to be opinion of David Cook (2008) also. It is also interesting how there are many parallel traditions with the same subtext but different locations named.

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Thinking of starting a sort of "daily quote"/"quote of the day" for Judaism to show some of the more absurd stuff you can find Jewish texts. For starters, any city whose roofs are higher than the synagogue will be destroyed.

Jewish absurdity of the day: Samaritan "Cuthean" women are in a state of filth from birth.

Jewish absurdity of the day: Rav brags about how beautiful his daughter is, attributes the beauty to lime applied to her skin. A Gentile attempts to repeat applying lime, a caustic calcium oxide, to his daughter's skin. She dies horribly. סִיד

Jewish absurdity of the day: What is the deal with gentiles? The sages of the Talmud explore this topic describing non-jews as "ethically contaminated"

To this day, some believe Elijah appears to help the Jewish people, often disguised. Here, Elijah gets in trouble for helping and so is beaten with 60 fiery lashes. That same phrase "pulsa diNura" is also used to refer to death curses.