Cholera (חֳולִי רָע (חוֹלִירָע))
Cholera (חֳולִי רָע (חוֹלִירָע))

Cholera

A designation for a severe disease. Or: a designation for the disease cholera.

("A man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires, and God does not command him to eat of it, because a stranger eats it; this is vanity and a bad disease" - Ecclesiastes 6:2, and so: "And it was known that in the year 571 there was a terrible disease of leprosy in all those countries" - Shu't Hatam Writer of a collection of Siman's reflections (77)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֳולִי רָע (חוֹלִירָע)

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּינּוּי לְמַחֲלָה קָשָׁה. אוֹ: כִּנּוּי לְמַחֲלַת הַכּוֹלֵרָה.

("אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִתֶּן לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׁר וּנְכָסִים וְכָבוֹד וְאֵינֶנּוּ חָסֵר לְנַפְשׁוֹ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר יִתְאַוֶּה וְלֹא יַשְׁלִיטֶנּוּ הָאֱלֹהִים לֶאֱכֹל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי אִישׁ נָכְרִי יֹאכֲלֶנּוּ זֶה הֶבֶל וָחֳלִי רָע הוּא"- קֹהֶלֶת ו ב, וְכֵן:" וְכַיָּדוּעַ בִּשְׁנַת תקצ"א הָיְתָה מַחֲלַת חוֹלִירָע רח"ל בְּכָל הַמְּדִינוֹת הַהֵם"- שׁוּ"ת חָתַם סוֹפֵר קֹבֶץ תְּשׁוּבוֹת סִימָן נז)

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