Chasidut for Moed Katan 55:12

רב הונא נח נפשיה פתאום הוו קא דייגי רבנן תנא להו זוגא דמהדייב לא שנו אלא שלא הגיע לגבורות אבל הגיע לגבורות זו היא מיתת נשיקה

[only] lived to the age of forty. In R'Hisda's house there were held sixty marriage feasts, at Rabbah's house there were sixty<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A proverbial number. The number sixty is a Babylonian unit, e.g., the hour and minute are divided into sixty.');">²⁷</span> bereavements. At R'Hisda's house there was the purest wheaten bread for dogs, and it went to waste;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'was not wanted'.');">²⁸</span>

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