## Moed Katan Daf 28a

###### Moed Katan 28a:1
[Moed Katan 28a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:1)

אֶלָּא חָיָה. אֲבָל שְׁאָר נָשִׁים — מַנִּיחִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
with regard to **a woman** who died **in childbirth,** and therefore continues to bleed. **But** the biers of **other women may be set down** in the street.


###### Moed Katan 28a:2
[Moed Katan 28a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:2)

רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ שְׁאָר הַנָּשִׁים, דִּכְתִיב: ״וַתָּמׇת שָׁם מִרְיָם וַתִּקָּבֵר שָׁם״ — סָמוּךְ לַמִּיתָה קְבוּרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Elazar said: Even** the biers of **other women** must not be set down in the street, **as it is written: “And Miriam died there and was buried there”** (Numbers 20:1), which teaches that **the** site of her **burial was close to** the place of her **death.** Therefore, it is preferable to bury a woman as close as possible to the place where she died.


###### Moed Katan 28a:3
[Moed Katan 28a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:3)

וְאָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: אַף מִרְיָם בִּנְשִׁיקָה מֵתָה. אָתְיָא ״שָׁם״ ״שָׁם״ מִמֹּשֶׁה. וּמִפְּנֵי מָה לֹא נֶאֱמַר בָּהּ ״עַל פִּי ה׳״ — מִפְּנֵי שֶׁגְּנַאי הַדָּבָר לְאוֹמְרוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to that same verse **Rabbi Elazar said** further: **Miriam also died by** the divine **kiss,** just like her brother Moses. What is the source for this? **This is derived** through a verbal analogy between the word **“there”** stated with regard to Miriam and the word **“there”** mentioned **with regard to Moses.** With regard to Moses it says: “So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab by the mouth of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 34:5). **For what** reason **was it not** explicitly **stated with regard to her,** as it is stated with regard to Moses, that she died **“by the mouth of the Lord”?** It is **because it would be unseemly to say such a thing,** that a woman died by way of a divine kiss, and therefore it is not said explicitly.


###### Moed Katan 28a:4
[Moed Katan 28a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:4)

אָמַר רַבִּי אַמֵּי: לָמָּה נִסְמְכָה מִיתַת מִרְיָם לְפָרָשַׁת פָּרָה אֲדוּמָּה? לוֹמַר לָךְ: מָה פָּרָה אֲדוּמָּה מְכַפֶּרֶת — אַף מִיתָתָן שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים מְכַפֶּרֶת. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: לָמָּה נִסְמְכָה מִיתַת אַהֲרֹן לְבִגְדֵי כְהוּנָּה? מָה בִּגְדֵי כְהוּנָּה מְכַפְּרִין — אַף מִיתָתָן שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים מְכַפֶּרֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Ami said: Why was** the Torah portion that describes the **death of Miriam juxtaposed to the portion** dealing with **the red heifer? To tell you: Just as the red heifer atones** for sin, **so too, the death of the righteous atones** for sin. **Rabbi Elazar said: Why was** the Torah portion that describes the **death of Aaron juxtaposed to** the portion discussing **the priestly garments?** This teaches that **just as the priestly garments atone** for sin, **so too, the death of the righteous atones** for sin.


###### Moed Katan 28a:5
[Moed Katan 28a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:5)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: מֵת פִּתְאוֹם — זוֹ הִיא מִיתָה חֲטוּפָה, חָלָה יוֹם אֶחָד וָמֵת — זוֹ הִיא מִיתָה דְּחוּפָה. רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָא בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: זוֹ הִיא מִיתַת מַגֵּפָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״בֶּן אָדָם הִנְנִי לוֹקֵחַ מִמְּךָ אֶת מַחְמַד עֵינֶיךָ בְּמַגֵּפָה״, וּכְתִיב: ״וָאֲדַבֵּר אֶל הָעָם בַּבֹּקֶר וַתָּמׇת אִשְׁתִּי בָּעָרֶב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught** the following *baraita*: If one **dies suddenly** without having been sick, **this is death** through **snatching.** If he **became sick for a day and died, this is an expedited death. Rabbi Ḥananya ben Gamliel says: This is death at a stroke, as it is stated: “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes at a stroke”** (Ezekiel 24:16). **And** when this prophecy is fulfilled **it is written: “So I spoke to the people in the morning and at evening my wife died”** (Ezekiel 24:18).


###### Moed Katan 28a:6
[Moed Katan 28a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:6)

שְׁנֵי יָמִים וָמֵת — זוֹ הִיא מִיתָה דְּחוּיָה. שְׁלֹשָׁה — גְּעָרָה. אַרְבָּעָה — נְזִיפָה. חֲמִשָּׁה — זוֹ הִיא מִיתַת כׇּל אָדָם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If he was sick for **two days and died, this is a quickened death.** If he was sick for **three** days and died, this is a death of **rebuke.** If he died after being sick for **four** days, this is a death of **reprimand.** If one died after a sickness lasting **five** days, **this is the** ordinary **death of all people.**


###### Moed Katan 28a:7
[Moed Katan 28a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:7)

אָמַר רַבִּי חָנִין, מַאי קְרָא: ״הֵן קָרְבוּ יָמֶיךָ לָמוּת״. ״הֵן״ — חַד, ״קָרְבוּ״ — תְּרֵי, ״יָמֶיךָ״ — תְּרֵי, הָא חֲמִשָּׁה. ״הֵן״ חַד, שֶׁכֵּן בְּלָשׁוֹן יְוָנִי קוֹרִין לְאַחַת ״הֵן״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Ḥanin said: What is the verse** from which this is derived? It is stated: **“Behold, your days approach that you must die”** (Deuteronomy 31:14). This verse is expounded in the following manner: **“Behold [*hen*]”** indicates **one; “approach [*karvu*],”** a plural term, indicates **two; “your days [*yamekha*],”** also a plural term, indicates another **two;** and therefore in total **this is five.** How does the word ***hen*** indicate **one? Because in the Greek language they call** the number **one *hen*.**


###### Moed Katan 28a:8
[Moed Katan 28a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:8)

מֵת בַּחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה — זוֹ הִיא מִיתַת כָּרֵת. חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה — זוֹ הִיא מִיתָתוֹ שֶׁל שְׁמוּאֵל הָרָמָתִי. שִׁשִּׁים — זוֹ הִיא מִיתָה בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara discusses the significance of death at different ages: If one **dies when** he is **fifty years** old, **this is death through *karet*,** the divine punishment of excision, meted out for the most serious transgressions. If he dies when he is **fifty-two years** old, **this is the death of Samuel from Ramah.** If he dies at the age of **sixty, this is death at the hand of Heaven.**


###### Moed Katan 28a:9
[Moed Katan 28a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:9)

אָמַר מָר זוּטְרָא: מַאי קְרָא — דִּכְתִיב: ״תָּבֹא בְּכֶלַח אֱלֵי קֶבֶר״, ״בְּכֶלַח״ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שִׁיתִּין הָווּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Mar Zutra said: What is the verse** from which this is derived? **As it is written: “You shall come to your grave in a ripe age [*bekhelaḥ*]”** (Job 5:26). The word **“ripe age” [*bekhelaḥ*] has the numerical value of sixty,** and it is alluded to there that dying at this age involves a divine punishment.


###### Moed Katan 28a:10
[Moed Katan 28a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:10)

שִׁבְעִים — שֵׂיבָה. שְׁמוֹנִים — גְּבוּרוֹת, דִּכְתִיב: ״יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרוֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה״. אָמַר רַבָּה: מֵחֲמִשִּׁים וְעַד שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה — זוֹ הִיא מִיתַת כָּרֵת. וְהַאי דְּלָא חָשֵׁיב לְהוּ — מִשּׁוּם כְּבוֹדוֹ שֶׁל שְׁמוּאֵל הָרָמָתִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who dies at the age of **seventy** has reached **old age.** One who dies at the age of **eighty** dies in **strength, as it is written: “The days of our years are seventy, or if by reason of strength, eighty years”** (Psalms 90:10). **Rabba said:** Not only is death at the age of fifty a sign of *karet*, but even death **from fifty to sixty years** of age **is death by *karet*. And** the reason that **all of these years were not counted** in connection with *karet* is **due to the honor of Samuel from Ramah,** who died at the age of fifty-two.


###### Moed Katan 28a:11
[Moed Katan 28a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:11)

רַב יוֹסֵף כִּי הֲוָה בַּר שִׁיתִּין, עֲבַד לְהוּ יוֹמָא טָבָא לְרַבָּנַן, אָמַר: נְפַקִי לִי מִכָּרֵת. אָמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: נְהִי דִּנְפַק לֵיהּ מָר מִכָּרֵת דִּשְׁנֵי, מִכָּרֵת דְּיוֹמֵי מִי נָפֵיק מָר? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: נְקוֹט לָךְ מִיהָא פַּלְגָא בִּידָךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates that **when Rav Yosef turned sixty he made a holiday for the Sages.** Explaining the cause for his celebration, **he said: I have passed** the age of ***karet*. Abaye said to him: Master,** even **though you have passed the *karet* of years, have you, Master, escaped the *karet* of days?** As previously mentioned, sudden death is also considered to be a form of *karet*. **He said to him: Grasp at least half in your hand,** for I have at least escaped one type of *karet*.


###### Moed Katan 28a:12
[Moed Katan 28a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:12)

רַב הוּנָא נָח נַפְשֵׁיהּ פִּתְאוֹם, הֲווֹ קָא דָּיְיגִי רַבָּנַן, תְּנָא לְהוּ זוּגָא דְּמֵהַדְיָיב: לֹא שָׁנוּ אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא הִגִּיעַ לִגְבוּרוֹת, אֲבָל הִגִּיעַ לִגְבוּרוֹת — זוֹ הִיא מִיתַת נְשִׁיקָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It was related that **Rav Huna died suddenly,** and **the Sages were concerned** that this was a bad sign. The Sage **Zuga from Hadayeiv taught them** the following: **They taught** these principles **only when** the deceased **had not reached** the age of **strength,** i.e., eighty. **But if he had reached** the age of **strength** and then died suddenly, **this is death by way of a** divine **kiss.**


###### Moed Katan 28a:13
[Moed Katan 28a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:13)

אָמַר רָבָא: חַיֵּי, בְּנֵי וּמְזוֹנֵי, לָא בִּזְכוּתָא תַּלְיָא מִילְּתָא, אֶלָּא בְּמַזָּלָא תַּלְיָא מִילְּתָא. דְּהָא רַבָּה וְרַב חִסְדָּא תַּרְוַיְיהוּ רַבָּנַן צַדִּיקֵי הֲווֹ, מָר מְצַלֵּי וְאָתֵי מִיטְרָא וּמָר מְצַלֵּי וְאָתֵי מִיטְרָא,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said:** Length of **life, children, and sustenance do not depend on** one’s **merit, but rather they depend upon fate. As, Rabba and Rav Ḥisda were both pious Sages;** one **Sage** would **pray** during a drought **and rain would fall, and** the other **Sage** would **pray and rain would fall.**


###### Moed Katan 28a:14
[Moed Katan 28a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:14)

רַב חִסְדָּא חֲיָה תִּשְׁעִין וְתַרְתֵּין שְׁנִין, רַבָּה חֲיָה אַרְבְּעִין. בֵּי רַב חִסְדָּא שִׁיתִּין הִלּוּלֵי, בֵּי רַבָּה שִׁיתִּין תִּיכְלֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
And nevertheless, their lives were very different. **Rav Ḥisda lived for ninety-two years,** whereas **Rabba lived for** only **forty** years. **The house of Rav Ḥisda** celebrated **sixty wedding feasts,** whereas the **house of Rabba** experienced **sixty calamities.** In other words, many fortuitous events took place in the house of Rav Ḥisda and the opposite occurred in the house of Rabba.


###### Moed Katan 28a:15
[Moed Katan 28a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:15)

בֵּי רַב חִסְדָּא סְמִידָא לְכַלְבֵי וְלָא מִתְבְּעֵי, בֵּי רַבָּה נַהֲמָא דִשְׂעָרֵי לְאִינָשֵׁי וְלָא מִשְׁתְּכַח.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**In the house of Rav Ḥisda** there was bread from **the finest flour [*semida*]** even **for the dogs, and it was not asked after,** as there was so much food. **In the house of Rabba,** on the other hand, there was coarse **barley bread** even **for people, and it was not found** in sufficient quantities. This shows that the length of life, children, and sustenance all depend not upon one’s merit, but upon fate.


###### Moed Katan 28a:16
[Moed Katan 28a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:16)

וְאָמַר רָבָא: הָנֵי תְּלָת מִילֵּי בְּעַאי קַמֵּי שְׁמַיָּא, תַּרְתֵּי יְהַבוּ לִי, חֲדָא לָא יְהַבוּ לִי: חוּכְמְתֵיהּ דְּרַב הוּנָא, וְעוּתְרֵיהּ דְּרַב חִסְדָּא, וִיהַבוּ לִי. עִנְוְתָנוּתֵיהּ דְּרַבָּה בַּר רַב הוּנָא, לָא יְהַבוּ לִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Apropos Rav Ḥisda’s great wealth, the Gemara reports that **Rava said: These three things I requested from Heaven, two** of which **were given to me,** and **one was not given to me:** I requested the **wisdom of Rav Huna and the wealth of Rav Ḥisda and they were given to me.** I also requested the **humility of Rabba bar Rav Huna,** but **it was not given to me.**


###### Moed Katan 28a:17
[Moed Katan 28a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:17)

רַב שְׂעוֹרִים אֲחוּהּ דְּרָבָא הֲוָה יָתֵיב קַמֵּיהּ דְּרָבָא, חַזְיֵיהּ דַּהֲוָה קָא מְנַמְנֵם. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לֵימָא לֵיהּ מָר דְּלָא לְצַעֲרַן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מָר לָאו שׁוֹשְׁבִינֵיהּ הוּא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כֵּיוָן דְּאִימְּסַר מַזָּלָא, לָא אַשְׁגַּח בִּי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לִיתְחֲזֵי לִי מָר. אִיתְחֲזִי לֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הֲוָה לֵיהּ לְמָר צַעֲרָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כִּי רִיבְדָּא דְכוּסִילְתָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara continues its discussion of the deaths of the righteous. **Rav Seorim, Rava’s brother, sat before Rava,** and **he saw that** Rava **was dozing,** i.e., about to die. Rava **said to** his brother: **Master, tell him,** the Angel of Death, **not to torment me.** Knowing that Rava was not afraid of the Angel of Death, Rav Seorim **said to** him: **Master, are you not a friend of** the Angel of Death? Rava **said to him: Since** my **fate has been handed over** to him, and it has been decreed that I shall die, the Angel of Death **no longer pays heed to me.** Rav Seorim **said to** Rava: **Master, appear to me** in a dream after your death. And Rava **appeared to him.** Rav Seorim **said to** Rava: **Master, did you have pain** in death? **He said to him: Like the prick** of the knife **when letting blood.**


###### Moed Katan 28a:18
[Moed Katan 28a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:18)

רָבָא הֲוָה יָתֵיב קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב נַחְמָן, חַזְיֵיהּ דְּקָא מְנַמְנֵם. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לֵימָא לֵיהּ מָר דְּלָא לְצַעֲרַן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מָר לָאו אָדָם חָשׁוּב הוּא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאן חֲשִׁיב, מַאן סְפִין, מַאן רְקִיעַ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It was similarly related that **Rava sat before Rav Naḥman,** and **he saw that** Rav Naḥman **was dozing,** i.e., slipping into death. Rav Naḥman **said to** Rava: **Master, tell** the Angel of Death **not to torment me.** Rava **said to him: Master, are you not an important person** who is respected in Heaven? Rav Naḥman **said to him:** In the supernal world **who is important? Who is honorable? Who is complete?**


###### Moed Katan 28a:19
[Moed Katan 28a:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:19)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לִיתְחֲזֵי לִי מָר. אִתְחֲזִי לֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הֲוָה לֵיהּ לְמָר צַעֲרָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כְּמִישְׁחַל בִּנִיתָא מֵחֲלָבָא, וְאִי אָמַר לִי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא זִיל בְּהָהוּא עָלְמָא כִּד הֲוֵית — לָא בָּעֵינָא, דִּנְפִישׁ בִּיעֲתוּתֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rava **said to** Rav Naḥman: **Master, appear to me** in a dream after your death. And **he appeared to him.** Rava **said to him: Master, did you have pain** in death? Rav Naḥman **said to him: Like the removal of hair from milk,** which is a most gentle process. But nevertheless, **were the Holy One, Blessed be He, to say to me: Go** back **to that world,** the physical world, **as you were, I would not want to go, for the fear of** the Angel of Death **is great.** And I would not want to go through such a terrifying experience a second time.


###### Moed Katan 28a:20
[Moed Katan 28a:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:20)

רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הֲוָה קָאָכֵיל תְּרוּמָה. אִיתְחֲזִי לֵיהּ, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: תְּרוּמָה קָא אָכֵילְנָא, וְלָאו קוֹדֶשׁ אִיקְּרִי? חֲלַפָא לֵיהּ שַׁעְתָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates that **Rabbi Elazar was** once **eating *teruma*,** when the Angel of Death **appeared to him. He said to** the Angel of Death: **I am eating *teruma*; is it not called sacred?** It would be inappropriate for me to die now and thereby defile this sacred *teruma*. The Angel of Death accepted his argument and left him. **The moment passed,** and he lived for some time afterward.


###### Moed Katan 28a:21
[Moed Katan 28a:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:21)

רַב שֵׁשֶׁת אִיתְחֲזִי לֵיהּ בְּשׁוּקָא, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בְּשׁוּקָא כִּבְהֵמָה? אִיתַא לְגַבֵּי בֵּיתָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It was similarly related that the Angel of Death once **appeared to Rav Sheshet in the marketplace.** Rav Sheshet **said to** the Angel of Death: Shall I die **in the market like an animal? Come to** my **house** and kill me there like a human being.


###### Moed Katan 28a:22
[Moed Katan 28a:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:22)

רַב אָשֵׁי אִיתְחֲזִי לֵיהּ (בְּשׁוּקָא), אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִיתְּרַח לִי תְּלָתִין יוֹמִין, וְאַהְדְּרֵי[הּ] לְתַלְמוּדַאי, דְּאָמְרִיתוּ: אַשְׁרֵי מִי שֶׁבָּא לְכָאן וְתַלְמוּדוֹ בְּיָדוֹ. בְּיוֹם תְּלָתִין אֲתָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאי כּוּלֵּי הַאי? קָא דָחֲקָא רַגְלֵיהּ דְּבַר נָתָן, וְאֵין מַלְכוּת נוֹגַעַת בַּחֲבֶירְתָּהּ אֲפִילּוּ כִּמְלֹא נִימָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
So too, the Angel of Death **appeared to Rav Ashi in the marketplace.** Rav Ashi **said to** the Angel of Death: **Give me thirty days so that I may review my studies, for you say** above: **Fortunate is he who comes here** to Heaven **with his learning in his hand. On the thirtieth day** the Angel of Death **came** to take him. Rav Ashi **said to** the Angel of Death: **What is all of this?** Why are you in such a hurry to take me? Why can you not postpone my death? He said to him: **The foot of** Rav Huna **bar Natan is pushing** you, as he is ready to succeed you as the leader of the generation, **and one sovereignty does not overlap with its counterpart, even** by **one hairbreadth.** Therefore, you cannot live any longer.


###### Moed Katan 28a:23
[Moed Katan 28a:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:23)

רַב חִסְדָּא, לָא הֲוָה יָכֵיל לֵיהּ, דְּלָא הֲוָה שָׁתֵיק פּוּמֵּיהּ מִגִּירְסָא, סְלֵיק יְתֵיב בְּאַרְזָא דְּבֵי רַב. פְּקַע אַרְזָא וּשְׁתַק, וִיכֵיל לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Angel of Death **was unable** to take **Rav Ḥisda because his mouth was never silent from study.** So the Angel of Death **went** and **sat on the cedar** column that supported the roof of **the study hall of the Sages. The cedar cracked and** Rav Ḥisda **was silent** for a moment, as he was startled by the sound. At that point the Angel of Death was **able to** take **him.**


###### Moed Katan 28a:24
[Moed Katan 28a:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/28a:24)

רַבִּי חִיָּיא לָא הֲוָה מָצֵי לְמִיקְרַבא לֵיהּ, יוֹמָא חַד אִידְּמִי לֵיהּ כְּעַנְיָא, אֲתָא טָרֵיף אַבָּבָא, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אַפֵּיק לִי רִיפְתָּא, אַפִּיקוּ לֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְלָאו קָא מְרַחֵם מָר אַעַנְיָא? אַהָהוּא גַּבְרָא אַמַּאי לָא קָא מְרַחֵם מָר? גַּלִּי לֵיהּ, אַחְוִי לֵיהּ שׁוֹטָא דְנוּרָא, אַמְצִי לֵיהּ נַפְשֵׁיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Angel of Death **could not come near Rabbi Ḥiyya,** owing to his righteousness. **One day** the Angel of Death **appeared to him as a poor person. He came and knocked on the door. He said to** Rabbi Ḥiyya: **Bring out bread for me,** and **he took out** bread **for him.** The Angel of Death then **said** to Rabbi Ḥiyya: **Master, do you not have mercy on a poor person? Why, then, do you not have mercy upon that man,** i.e., upon me, and give me what I want? The Angel of Death then **revealed** his identity **to him,** and **showed him a fiery rod** in order to confirm that he was the Angel of Death. At this point Rav Ḥiyya **surrendered** himself **to him.**