Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 303:8

(קהלת יב, ד) וסגרו דלתים בשוק וגו' אלו נקביו של אדם בשפל קול הטחנה בשביל קורקבן שאינו טוחן ויקום לקול הצפור שאפילו צפור מנערתו משנתו וישחו כל בנות השיר שאפילו (קול שירים ושירות) דומות עליו כשוחה

Rabbi asked R. Simeon b. Halafta: 'Why were we not permitted to receive you on the Festival, as my ancestors used to receive your ancestors?' 'The rocks have grown tall, the near have become distant, two have turned into three, and the peacemaker of the home has ceased, he replied.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., I have grown old, even those near are as difficult to visit as those at a distance, my two legs need an additional stick for walking, and I can no longer exercise a man's functions. ');">¹⁹</span> And the doors shall be shut in the streets:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eccl. XII, 4. ');">²⁰</span> this refers to the apertures of man; 'when the sound of the grinding is low' — on account of the stomach's failing to digest;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'grind'. ');">²¹</span>

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