English: “Your fear and your dread” — It was taught: R’ Shimon ben Elazar says: A one-day-old infant who is alive needs no protection from the weasel or the mice, but Og king of Bashan when dead does need protection… As long as a person is alive, his awe is cast upon the creatures; once he dies, his awe departs.
On the daf / in context: The fear placed upon the animals is tied to the presence of life itself.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
While a human is alive, even a newborn inspires fear in animals; that fear ceases at death.