Musar for Shabbat 303:11

גם מגבוה ייראו שאפילו גבשושית קטנה דומה עליו כהרי הרים וחתחתים בדרך בשעה שמהלך בדרך נעשו לו תוהים וינאץ השקד זו קליבוסת ויסתבל החגב אלו עגבות ותפר האביונה זו חמדה

— even a small knoll looks to him like the highest of mountains; 'and terrors shall be in the way' — when he walks on a road his heart is filled with fears;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yalkut Koheleth 989 reads: it (the road) becomes for him full of terrors. ');">²⁸</span> and the almond tree shall blossom' — that refers to the coccyx<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The lowest end of the vertebrae — the extreme weakness of old age causes it to 'blossom', i.e., protrude and be moved from its place. ');">²⁹</span> 'and the grasshopper shall be a burden'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or, shall drag itself along. ');">³⁰</span>

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