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Shevet Mussar: Strategies of Satan |
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The Shevet Mussar tells us about a sick man that suffered desperately before he died, and trembled as he saw the angel of death. The Chachamim told him to say Shema Israel, and he
answered: No way! I am not going to say Shema Israel, because the Satan (who is none other than the angel of death) was standing in front of him and telling him: If you say Shema Israel, I am going to torment you and beat you with whips of fire, but if you don’t say it, I will save you from the pain you are suffering. This person did not say Shema Israel, his soul left ashamed, everybody left him alone because nobody wanted their clothing to get the impurity that this body emanated.
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