Commentary for Bava Kamma 184:7
א"ל רבא לרבה בר מרי מנא הא מילתא דאמרי אינשי שפיל ואזיל בר אווזא ועיניה מטייפי אמר ליה דכתיב (שמואל א כה, לא) והטיב ה' לאדני וזכרת [את] אמתך
and why is it called mahalah! Because eighty-three different kinds of illnesses may result from it [as the numerical value of mahalah amounts exactly to this];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] = forty, eight, thirty and five. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> but they all are counteracted by partaking in the morning of bread dipped in salt followed by a pitcher of water.
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