"Burial in Israel is like burial under the altar of the Temple." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot 11a
"Happy is the man who leaves a good name. " ~~ Talmud,Berakot 17a
"Happy he that grew up with a good name and departed this world with one." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. " ~~ Job (Iyov) 1:21
"Death is the end of all troubles." ~~ Midbar Yehuda
"O that I had died instead of thee! O Absalom my son, my son! [King David] " ~~ Second Samuel (Shmuel 2) 19:1
"There is but one step between me and death. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 20:3
"Eternity means Jerusalem." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"What you give to charity in health is gold; in sickness, is silver, and after death, is copper." ~~ Tosafot of the Pentateuch
"It was forbidden to break the Sabbath, even when David, king of Israel, died." ~~ Tosefta
"If a man’s wife dies and he has grown-up children, let him not remarry till he marry them off! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
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