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Fish and the Angel of Death

Question

Does the angel of death come when domestic fish in an office fish tank die?

Answer

Only if it’s a Gefilte fish…

Actually, animals do not have the same kind of “soul” as the one which G-d breathed into humans. There is no free-will nor accounting of their deeds. Fish are even a lower level of life-form in that their carcasses do not even transmit “Tumah”, ritual impurity.