Talmud for Pesachim 124:16

אמר מר זוטרא (דברי הימים א ח, לח) בין אצל לאצל טעינו ד' מאה גמלי דדרשא

the strength of the Sages has been impaired and the light of their eyes has been dimmed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: it contained the reasons for many Scriptural laws which have been forgotten.');">³¹</span> Mar Zutra said, Between 'Azel' and 'Azel' they were laden with four hundred camels of exegetical interpretations!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., on the passage commencing with 'And Azel had six sons' (I Chron. VIII, 38) and ending with 'these were the sons of Azel' (Ibid. IX, 44) there were such an enormous number of different interpretations! This too, of course, is not to be understood literally.');">³²</span> It was taught: Others<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Others' frequently refers to R. Meir, v. Hor. 13b, and does refer to him here, as is evident from the text infra.');">³³</span>

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