Study Bava Metzia folio 107B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
In any case, it is evident that Rav approves of one whose property is located near a city. How does this accord with his statement that there is concern for the evil eye when one’s field is viewed by people? The Talmud answers: This is not difficult. This statement is referring to a wall and an additional partition [ritka] that surround the plot and prevent it from being harmed by the evil eye. That statement is referring to a case where a wall and an additional partition do not surround it.
״והסיר ה׳ ממך כל חלי״, אמר רב: זו [ה]עין. רב לטעמיה. דרב סליק לבי קברי, עבד מאי דעבד, אמר: תשעין ותשעה בעין רעה, ואחד בדרך ארץ.
§ The Talmud returns to expounding the themes of blessings and the evil eye. The Torah states: “And YHWH will take away from you all sickness” (Deuteronomy 7:15). In interpreting this verse, Rav says: This verse is speaking about the evil eye. The Talmud comments: Rav conforms to his line of reasoning, as Rav went to a graveyard, and did what he did, i.e., he used an incantation to find out how those buried there died, and he said: 99 of these died by the evil eye, and only one died by entirely natural means.
ושמואל אמר: זה הרוח. שמואל לטעמיה, דאמר שמואל: הכל ברוח. ולשמואל: הא איכא הרוגי מלכות! הנך נמי, אי לאו זיקא, עבדי להו סמא וחיי.
And Shmuel says: This term: “All sickness,” refers to the wind. The Talmud comments: Shmuel conforms to his line of reasoning, as Shmuel says: Every injury suffered by people is due to the wind that enters wounds and bodily cavities. The Talmud asks: But according to Shmuel, aren’t there those executed by the monarchy and others killed by traumatic injury and not the wind? The Talmud responds: With regard to these too, were it not for the wind, they would prepare a medicine for those injured people and they would be healed and live, but the wind prevents this from happening.