Ben Sabar Outran the Angel of Death for Two Hundred Years

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 137

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

137. Ben Sabar & Angel of Death.

Ben Atar, No. 18.

Eliah Cohen. Meil Se- daka, 432, f. 14a. Jellinek, B. H. VI, 133, No. 8.

Eisenstein, Oser p. 334. Maase Buch No. 200. Helvicus, Historien I, ch. 31, p. 122.

Ben Gorion II, p. 169, 350.

Cod. Br. M. 27189, f. 22a.

Cod. de Rossi, 563, 28, f. 138a.

Cod. G. 185, No. 23; 972, f. 19.

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Angels Death Charity Adam Eve Prayer

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