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Jerusalem in the Talmud

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Rabbi Ari Shvat

Shevat 22, 5776
Question
Where exactly one can find in Talmud the following assertion?: ?Ten measures of beauty gave God to the world: nine to Jerusalem and one to the remainder./ Ten measures of sorrow gave God to the world: nine to Jerusalem and one to the remainder.? With highest consideration and gratitude,
Answer
The first quote is from the Talmud Bavli (Babylonian), Kidushin 49b. Regarding the second quote, I am not familiar with it, and I couldn't find it anywhere in rabbinic literature (although there is much about mourning and Jerusalem). All the best!
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