Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quotation for Shabbat 303:15

ואמר רבי יצחק קשה רימה למת כמחט בבשר החי שנאמר (איוב יד, כב) אך בשרו עליו יכאב אמר רב חסדא נפשו של אדם מתאבלת עליו כל שבעה שנא' ונפשו עליו תאבל וכתיב (בראשית נ, י) ויעש לאביו אבל שבעת ימים

R. Isaac also said: Worms are as painful to the dead as a needle in the flesh of the living, for it is said, But his flesh upon him hath pain.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XIV, 22. ');"><sup>38</sup></span> R. Hisda said: A man's soul mourns for him [after death] seven whole [days]. for it is said, And his soul mourneth for him;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XIV, 22. ');"><sup>39</sup></span> and it is written, and he made a mourning for his father seven days.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. L, 10. ');"><sup>40</sup></span>

Pri HaAretz

And the matter is in accordance with the words of the Zohar on "And Avraham was old, advanced of days" (see there). In order to explain the matter lucidly, as the Rabbis told in regards to Barzelai the Geladite who was eighty years old and said "Can I tell the difference between good and bad? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks?" And the Rabbis said "He removes the speech of men of trust and takes away the understanding of the aged"
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