Rabbi Zadok, who fasted for 40 years so that Jerusalem would not be destroyed by the Romans and when he wanted to restore himself, they used to bring him a fig, and he used to suck the juice and throw the rest away.Martha felt in these figs that he sucked them because of his sickness, you tasted his sickness and because she did get sick and soon after died. (Talmud Gittin 56a.) When Martha was about to die, she brought out all her gold and silver and threw it in the street, saying, "What is the good of this to me", thus giving effect to the verse, "They shall cast their silver in the streets." () (Talmud Gittin 56a.) 70 deaths 1st-century Jews 1st-century women Ancient Jewish women People from Jerusalem People of the First Jewish–Roman War Talmud people