ר' יוחנן כי הוה מסיים ספרא דאיוב אמר הכי סוף אדם למות וסוף בהמה לשחיטה והכל למיתה הם עומדים אשרי מי שגדל בתורה ועמלו בתורה ועושה נחת רוח ליוצרו וגדל בשם טוב ונפטר בשם טוב מן העולם ועליו אמר שלמה (קהלת ז, א) טוב שם משמן טוב ויום המות מיום הולדו.
R. Johanan said : R. Meir, on concluding the reading of the Book of Job, used to say: It is the fate of man to die and of cattle to be slaughtered, and all are destined to die. Happy is he who has grown in Torah and whose labour has been in Torah ; who has caused tranquillity of spirit to his Creator, advanced in good repute, and departed from the world with a good name. Of him said Solomon, "A good name is better than precious oil, and the day of death than the day of one's birth " (Eccles. vii. 1).
Mesilat Yesharim
The root of piety is what our sages, of blessed memory, stated: "Fortunate is the man whose toil is in the Torah and gives gratification to his Maker" (Berachot 17a).
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Shenei Luchot HaBerit
You shall be men of holy bearing to Me, and; you must not eat flesh torn by beasts in the field" (22,30). The Talmud Berachot 17 states in the name of Rabbi Yochanan סוף אדם למות, וסוף בהמה לשחיטה, והכול למיתה הם עומדים. "Man's destination is to die, the domestic beast's destiny is to be slaughtered, all are ultimately destined for death." Why is the kind of death the beast is slated for described as "slaughter?" Also, why does the statement repeat that "all are ultimately slated to die?"
