Commentary for Berakhot 15:13

There is a teaching to the same effect : Nine hundred and three varieties of death have been created in the world ; as it is said, "The issues of death." Tosa'ot has that numerical value. The severest of them all is croup, and the lightest is the kiss of death. Croup is like a thorn in a ball of clipped wool which tears backwards. Others say it is like the whirling waters at the entrance of a canal. The kiss of death is like taking a hair out of milk.

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