Chasidut for Shabbat 302:16

ואמר רב נחמן האי כוחלא עד ארבעין שנין מרווח מכאן ואילך אפילו מליא כאביסנא דגירדאי אוקומי מוקים ארווחי לא מרווח מאי קא משמע לן דכמה דאלים מכוחלא טפי מעלי

this refers to the forehead and the nose; 'and the moon' — this is the soul; 'and the stars' these are the cheeks; 'and the clouds return after the rain' — this is the light of man's eyes [his eyesight], which is lost after weeping.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The weeping of old age — caused by trouble and sickness — impairs or destroys the eyesight. ');">²⁸</span> Samuel said: For tears, until the age of forty there is a recovery, but thenceforth there is no recovery.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The eyes recover from the weakening effect of tears until one is forty years old, but not after. ');">²⁹</span>

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