Death rather than solitude / Better death than loneliness

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Death rather than solitude / Better death than loneliness

Death rather than solitude / Better death than loneliness

Either companionship or death. A person cannot live in isolation; life without friendship is unbearable.

("Rava said: This is what people mean — either friends like Job’s friends, or death. Rava also said: Either companionship or death." – Taanit 23a)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אוֹ חַבְרוּתָא אוֹ מִיתוּתָא

Definition (Hebrew)

אוֹ חֲבֵרוּת אוֹ מָוֶת. אָדָם אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִחְיוֹת בִּבְדִידוּת. חַיִּים תּוֹךְ קִשְׁרֵי חֲבֵרוּת עִם רֵעִים וִידִידִים אוֹ מָוֶת מִצַּעַר.

("אָמַר רָבָא, הַיְנוּ דְּאָמְרֵי אִינָשֵׁי: אוֹ חַבְרָא כְּחַבְרֵי דְּאִיּוֹב אוֹ מִיתוּתָא. אָמַר רָבָא, הָיִינוּ דְּאָמְרֵי אִינָשֵׁי: אוֹ חַבְרוּתָא אוֹ מִיתוּתָא" – תַּעֲנִית כג ע"א)

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