Commentary for Gittin 112:15
עלה ליבשה ותעשה עמה מלחמה עלה ליבשה בא יתוש ונכנס בחוטמו ונקר במוחו שבע שנים יומא חד הוה קא חליף אבבא דבי נפחא שמע קל ארזפתא אישתיק אמר איכא תקנתא כל יומא מייתו נפחא ומחו קמיה לנכרי יהיב ליה ארבע זוזי לישראל אמר ליה מיסתייך דקא חזית בסנאך עד תלתין יומין עבד הכי מכאן ואילך כיון דדש דש
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Rashi on Gittin
Arzafta: A hammer.
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Tosafot on Gittin
And picked at his brain for seven years: He did not become a tereifa (one who has a wound or condition that will lead to his death within twelve months) with this. For it entered through his nostril and did not pierce the membrane [of his brain]. Moreover (alternatively), there is a distinction between [what causes the condition of being a tereifa in] people and animals, as I explained in the first chapter of Eruvin (Tosafot on Eruvin 7a, s.v. Kegon).
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Rashi on Gittin
It was silent: That gnat [was silent] from picking because of the sound of the hammer.
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Rashi on Gittin
Since it became accustomed, it became accustomed: From when the gnat get used to the sound of the hammer, it recognized it and did not leave its picking.
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