Related%20passage for Shabbat 26:6

ד"א אין שוטה נפגע

Another reason: the flesh of the dead does not feel the scalpel. But that is not so, for did not R. Isaac say, Worms are as painful to the dead as a needle in the flesh of the living, for it is said, But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XIV, 22. ');">¹⁵</span> Say: The dead flesh in a living person does not feel the scalpel. Rab Judah said in Rab's name: In truth, that man, Hananiah son of Hezekiah by name, is to be remembered for blessing:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'for good'. ');">¹⁶</span>

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