Commentary for Bava Batra 181:12

תאנא וכולן מתו בחייו והיינו דאמרי אינשי בחייך דילדת שיתין שיתין למה ליך איכפל ואוליד חד דמשיתין זריז

All these died in his lifetime. It is [in relation to such a case as] this that people say: 'Of what use to you are sixty; the sixty that you beget for your lifetime?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., children that do not survive you. ');">²¹</span> [Marry] again<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As Boaz (Ibzan) married Ruth in his later life. Cf. p. 375, n. 6. ');">²²</span>

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