"What you give to charity in health is gold; in sickness, is silver, and after death, is copper." ~~ Tosafot of the Pentateuch
"It was forbidden to break the Sabbath, even when David, king of Israel, died." ~~ Tosefta
"If a man’s wife dies and he has grown-up children, let him not remarry till he marry them off! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"All men are equal when they are underground." ~~ Traditional Proverb
"Fish die out of water; men die without law and order." ~~ Talmud, Avoda Zara 4a
"The meaning of life is that it stops." ~~ Franz Kafka
"All men have the one entrance into life and the one exit." ~~ Wisdom of Solomon 7:6
"The river of life…flows from birth toward death. Day follows day with wearisome monotony. Only the holidays twine themselves together to form the circle of the year. Only through the holidays does life experience the eternity of the river that returns to its source. Then life becomes eternal." ~~ Franz Rosenzweig
"Almsgiving delivers from death. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 10:2
"I have lost a dear friend. Did he die? No, he became rich." ~~ Franz Rosenzweig
"To perish by the sword is worse than a natural death, to die of hunger worse still, and captivity worst of all." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"As the Angel of Death is licensed to destroy, he does not trouble to distinguish between righteous and wicked." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma
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