Quoting%20commentary for Moed Katan 55:10

שבעים שיבה שמונים גבורות דכתיב (תהלים צ, י) ימי שנותינו בהם שבעים שנה ואם בגבורות שמונים שנה אמר רבה מחמשים ועד ששים שנה זו היא מיתת כרת והאי דלא חשיב להו משום כבודו של שמואל הרמתי

and the Rabbis [of the academy] were perturbed [thereat] when Zoga<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or Zawa.');">²²</span> who hailed from Adiabene taught them:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., cited to them a Baraitha on the point.');">²³</span> 'What we learned applies only when one has not attained the "age of strength" [eighty] but if one has attained the "age of strength" [eighty] a sudden death is dying by the kiss'. Raba said: [Length of] life, children and sustenance depend not on merit but [rather on] mazzal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Destiny'. Cf. however, Shab. 156a.');">²⁴</span>

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