A person dies only out of idleness

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A person dies only out of idleness

A person dies only out of idleness

A person may hasten their death due to idleness and inactivity.

("Rabbi Yosei says: A person dies only out of idleness, as it is said: 'and he expired and was gathered to his people'" – Minor Tractates, Avot de-Rabbi Natan, Version A, Chapter 11)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין אָדָם מֵת אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ בַּטָּלָה

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם עָלוּל לְקָרֵב אֶת מוֹתוֹ בִּגְלַל בַּטָּלָה וְחֹסֶר מַעַשׂ.

("רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר:אֵין אָדָם מֵת אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ הַבַּטָּלָה ,שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיִּגְוַע וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל עַמָּיו"- מַסֶּכְתּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת מַסֶּכֶת אָבוֹת דְּרַבִּי נָתָן נֻסְחָא א פֶּרֶק יָא)

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