Sounds that travel across the entire universe

Three sounds [kolot] travel from one end of the world to the other: the sound of the sun's orb, the sound of Rome's tumult, and the sound of the soul when it leaves the body. Some say, the sound of childbirth as well. The sages entreated mercy for the soul when it leaves the body and had the sound [of its anguish] stopped. (TB Yoma 20-21)

Three things....

There are three things whose sound [kolot] travels from one end of the world to the other, and though mortals are in between, they are not aware of it: the sound of the day['s sun revolving on its course], the [sound of] rain [clouds moving across the firmament], and the sound of the soul when it leaves the body. (Genesis Rabbah 6)

 

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