A man does not lie on his deathbed

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A man does not lie on his deathbed

A man does not lie on his deathbed

A presumption (logical assumption) that a person does not speak falsehoods at the time of approaching death, and therefore, people tend to believe what a 'deathbed' person says before dying. See also: 'deathbed statement'.

(“Rav said: ‘A man does not lie on his deathbed’ – Jerusalem Talmud, Bava Kamma 9:7)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין אָדָם מָצוּי לְשַׁקֵּר בִּשְׁעַת מִיתָה

Definition (Hebrew)

חֲזָקָה (הַנָּחָה הֶגְיוֹנִית) לְפִיהָ אֵין אָדָם אוֹמֵר דִּבְרֵי שֶׁקֶר בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁמּוֹתוֹ קָרֵב, וְלָכֵן נוֹטִים לְהַאֲמִין לִדְבָרִים שֶׁאָמַר "שְׁכִיב מֵרַע" בְּטֶרֶם מוֹתוֹ. רְאֵה גַּם: "אִמְרַת שְׁכִיב מֵרַע".

("רַב אָמַר אֵין אָדָם מָצוּי לְשַׁקֵּר בִּשְׁעַת מִיתָה"-"יְרוּשַׁלְמִי בָּבָא קַמָּא ט, ז)

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