Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 302:6
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אין מעצמין את המת בשבת ולא בחול עם יציאת נפש והמעצים עם יציאת הנפש הרי זה שופך דמים:
IS A MURDERER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he sheds blood' — because he hastens death. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Our Rabbis taught: He who closes [the eyes of a dying man] at the point of death is a murderer. This may be compared to a lamp that is going out: If a man places his finger upon it, it is immediately extinguished. It was taught, R. Simeon b. Gamaliel said: If one desires that a dead man's eyes should close, let him blow wine into his nostrils and apply oil between his two eyelids and hold his two big toes; then they close of their own accord.
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