Commentary for Shabbat 65:12

שמואל הקטן חש ביה אמר רבש"ע מי מפיס איתסי אביי חש ביה אמר רבא ידענא ביה. בנחמני דמכפין נפשיה רבא חש ביה והא רבא הוא דאמר נפישי קטילי קדר מנפיחי כפן שאני רבא דאנסי ליה רבנן בעידניה בעל כורחיה

Moreover, he is punished by dropsy, for it is said, and strokes reach the innermost parts of the belly.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');">⁴⁴</span> R. Nahman b. Isaac said: Dropsy is a sign of sin. Our Rabbis taught: There are three kinds of dropsy: that [which is a punishment] of sin is thick; that caused by hunger is swollen; and what is caused by magic is thin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jewish magic is mentioned in Deut. XVIII, 10-11, in a passage forbidding its practice. But its potency was generally recognized. V. J.E. Arts, 'Magic', and 'Demonology'. ');">⁴⁵</span> Samuel the Little<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A Tanna, contemporary of R. Gamaliel I. ');">⁴⁶</span>

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