Commentary for Moed Katan 55:7

א"ר חנין מאי קרא (דברים לא, יד) הן קרבו ימיך למות הן חד קרבו תרי ימיך תרי הא חמשה הן חד שכן בלשון יוני קורין לאחת הן

¹⁶ as the [numerical value of the] word for 'in ripe age' yields sixty."&gt; 'At seventy, it is the death of the hoary head; at eighty it is the death of a vigorous [old man]. for i written, The days of our years are three score and ten, or even by reason of strength four score years.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XC, 10.');">¹⁷</span> Said Rabbah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Raba is probably more correct, as Rabbah himself died at forty.');">¹⁸</span> From fifty to sixty years [of age].

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