{"id":13469,"date":"2025-12-29T13:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=13469"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:57:07","slug":"the-death-of-a-righteous","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-death-of-a-righteous\/","title":{"rendered":"673. The Death of a Righteous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rabbi Elazar says, \u201cAnyone who engages in Torah&nbsp;<em>Lishma<\/em>&nbsp;[for Her sake], his death is not by the evil inclination, which is the angel of death\u2026 For this reason, righteous who engage in Torah, their body is not impure after their death\u201d (<em>The Zohar<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>VaYishlach<\/em>, Item 47).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can interpret that their descents, called \u201cdeath,\u201d are not due to the angel of death, who is impure, but because the Creator craves the prayer of the righteous. 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