Commentary for Bava Kamma 184:2
א"ל רבא לרבה בר מרי מנא הא מילתא דאמור רבנן השכם ואכול בקיץ מפני החמה ובחורף מפני הצינה ואמרי אינשי שיתין רהוטי רהוט ולא מטו לגברא דמצפרא כרך דכתיב (ישעיהו מט, י) לא ירעבו ולא יצמאו ולא יכם שרב ושמש
Have early breakfast in the summer because of the heat, and in the winter because of the cold, and people even say that sixty<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A common hyperbolical term. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> men may pursue him who has early meals in the mornings and will not overtake him? — He replied: As it is written, <i>They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XLIX, 10. Which might imply as follows: If they will neither hunger nor thirst, but eat in time and drink in time, then neither the heat nor the sun shall smite them. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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