ביצה לח

R’ נפתלי שור, a great תלמיד חכם, was in his 90s and no longer had an appetite, complaining that he had lost his sense of taste and it thus appears that his death is near.  His colleagues sought to comfort him, saying that that the ענין of tasting food and the ענין of אורך ימים are two separate things.  However, ר׳ נפתלי was not comforted.  Citing a פסוק in תהלים, he said: “כל אוכל תתעב נפשם ויגיעו עד שערי מות.”

05/10/2021