Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 214:6
ר' אלעזר אמר זו מרה תניא נמי הכי מחלה זו מרה ולמה נקרא שמה מחלה שהיא מחלה כל גופו של אדם דבר אחר מחלה ששמונים ושלשה חלאים תלוין במרה וכולן פת שחרית במלח וקיתון של מים מבטלתן
and then said: Ninety-nine [have died] through an evil eye, and one through natural causes. Samuel said: This refers to the wind. Samuel follows his views, for he said: All [illness] is caused by the wind. But according to Samuel, what of those executed by the State? — Those, too, but for the wind [which enters and plays upon the wound], an ointment could be compounded for them [which would cause the severed parts to grow together], and they would recover. R. Hanina said: This refers to the cold.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deriving [H] from [H] to blow; others: cold and heat, connecting [H] with [H], a glowing coal. V. A.Z. (Sonc. ed.) p. 11, n. 2. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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