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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.
R' 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 pos
With regard to that same verse R' 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.
R' 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. R' Elazar said: Why was the Torah portion that describes the death o
§ A baraita states 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. R' Ḥananya ben Gamliel says: This is death at a stroke, as it is stated: “Son of man, behold, I am about to tak