daf bit: Niddah 24

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While discussing something else, the g'mara goes off on a tangent about food, drink, and health: Abba Shaul stated: I was once a grave-digger and made a practice of observing the bones of the dead. The bones of one who drinks undiluted wine are burned; those of one who drinks wine excessively diluted are dry; and those of one who drinks wine that is properly mixed are full of marrow. The bones of a person whose drinking exceeds his eating are burned; those of one whose eating exceeds his drinking are dry; and those of one who eats and drinks in a proper manner are full of marrow. (In the next couple sentences Abba Shaul tells how he found the thigh-bone of Og, King of Bashan and a giant. The thigh-bone was more than three parasangs long.) (24b)

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