#560: Just Being Strong Is Not A Plan
B. Gittin 56a on the Zealots
טוֹבִ֤ים הָיוּ֙ חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב מֵֽחַלְלֵ֖י רָעָ֑ב שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם יָזֻ֙בוּ֙ מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת שָׂדָֽי׃
Better off were the slain of the sword
Than those slain by famine,
Who pined away, [as though] wounded,
For lack of-a the fruits of the field.
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