Angel of Death & Uncharitable Innkeeper

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 387

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

387. Angel of Death & Uncharitable Innkeeper.

Eliah Cohen, Meil Se- daka, §438.

Farhi, O. P. I, f. 29.

Sef. Hamaasiyot, ed.Araki Cohen, ch. 54.

Eisenstein, Oser, p. 334.

Yalk. Sip. Ill, p. hi.

Ben Gorion II, p. 173, 350-

Cod. Br. M. 27189, f. 9 a.

Themes

Angels Death Tzedakah Kabbalah Charity

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