Quoting%20commentary for Moed Katan 55:4

א"ר אמי למה נסמכה מיתת מרים לפרשת פרה אדומה לומר לך מה פרה אדומה מכפרת אף מיתתן של צדיקים מכפרת א"ר אלעזר למה נסמכה מיתת אהרן לבגדי כהונה מה בגדי כהונה מכפרין אף מיתתן של צדיקים מכפרת

so is the death of the righteous [conducive to procuring] atonement. Our Rabbis taught: If one die suddenly, this is [reckoned] as being 'snatched away'; if one is ill one day and dies, that is reckoned as being hustled away; R'Hanania B'Gamaliel says, That is death by a stroke, for it is said: Son of Man, behold I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a pestilential stroke,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XXIV, 16.');">⁸</span> and it is written [there. after], So I spoke unto the people in the morning and at even my wife died.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. verse 18. hb,hvs vvs');">⁹</span>

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