Commentary for Moed Katan 50:6

חלש דעתיה עלייהו ואתהפוך כרעייהו ההוא יומא לא אתו לאספודיה והיינו דאמר רב אשי לא בר קיפוק חליץ ולא בר אבין חליץ

to him: '[God] forfend that I should talk of "hook" or "flame" in connection with the righteous'. Then what would you say? - I should say: 'Weep ye for the mourners Not for what is lost: He found him rest; 'Tis we are let distressed'. R'Ashi was' offended<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'his mind weakened', felt discouraged, disappointed.');">²⁰</span> with them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At their ill-chosen metaphors, such as a flame among the cedars (cf. Judg. IX, 15) ; hooking the Leviathan (cf. n. 5) , or marshy shallows, or 'what is lost', implying as it were that all his life's best work, the encouragement of scholarship and the careful redaction of the Talmud, are of no lasting value.');">²¹</span> and their feet<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'knees'.');">²²</span>

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