Hi,
When someone is in the last stages of dying:
"One may not make announcements [to gather people to help with the burial], and one may not begin to praise him for his deeds.
"Rabbi Yehudah said: If he is a sage, one may praise him for his deeds."
(Semachot 1:6)
Nachalat Yaakov explains: The concern is lest this frighten the person who is passing away. With a Torah scholar, though, Rabbi Yehudah believes that praise is customary and therefore not a warning of his incipient passing.
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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Man starts helping others, and Gd completes the task
Hi,
"The Jewish people, providers of kindness, who involve themselves in the needs of the deceased, should not be overwhelmed and say, ‘How can we arrange and manage all of these processes and their associated recitations?’
"All follows one’s good intent; if a person does even a little, Gd will help him and support him greatly. A person begins and does not know how to complete the action, and then Divine assistance supports him and sets him straight."
(Rav Aharon Berachia of Modena, Maavar Yabok, Siftei Renanot 19)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
"The Jewish people, providers of kindness, who involve themselves in the needs of the deceased, should not be overwhelmed and say, ‘How can we arrange and manage all of these processes and their associated recitations?’
"All follows one’s good intent; if a person does even a little, Gd will help him and support him greatly. A person begins and does not know how to complete the action, and then Divine assistance supports him and sets him straight."
(Rav Aharon Berachia of Modena, Maavar Yabok, Siftei Renanot 19)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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