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The Gemara in Brachot says: It was also taught in a baraita: Nine hundred and three types of death were created in the world, as it is stated: “Issues [totzaot] of death,” and that, 903, is the ...
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2020-09-02T07:37:00Z (over 4 years ago)
<p><a href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Berakhot.8a.13?lang=bi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Gemara in Brachot says:</a></p><blockquote><p>It was also taught in a baraita: Nine hundred and three types of death were created in the world, as it is stated: “Issues [totzaot] of death,†and that, 903, is the numerical value [gimatriya] of totzaot. The Gemara explains that the most difficult of all these types of death is croup [askara], while the easiest is the kiss of death.</p></blockquote><p>I was wondering if there's anywhere a list of all 903 different types of deaths? Or a partial list (other than the two mentioned here)?Also, do all of these deaths refer to death by natural causes or also to different ways of killing?</p>
- <p><a href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/Berakhot.8a.13?lang=bi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Gemara in Brachot says:</a></p>
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- <p>It was also taught in a baraita: Nine hundred and three types of death were created in the world, as it is stated: “Issues [totzaot] of death,” and that, 903, is the numerical value [gimatriya] of totzaot. The Gemara explains that the most difficult of all these types of death is croup [askara], while the easiest is the kiss of death.</p>
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- <p>I was wondering if there's anywhere a list of all 903 different types of deaths? Or a partial list (other than the two mentioned here)?
- Also, do all of these deaths refer to death by natural causes or also to different ways of killing?</p>