Commentary for Avodah Zarah 59:15
אריב"ל שלש יינות הן ואין בהן משום גילוי ואלו הן חד מר מתוק חד טילא חריפא דמצרי זיקי מר ירנקא מתוק חוליא רב חמא מתני לעילויא חד חמר ופלפלין מר אפסינתין מתוק מי בארג
R. Joshua b. Levi said: There are three kinds of wine to which the prohibition of being left uncovered does not apply: strong, bitter, and sweet. “Sharp” is the acrid tila which makes the wine-skin burst; “Bitter” is wine made of unripe grapes; “Sweet” is wine made of grapes sweetened [by the heat of the sun]. R. Hama taught [that those three] are improved wines: “Sharp”-is wine mixed with pepper; “Bitter” is wine mixed with wormwood; ‘Sweet’ — is sparkling wine.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
This is the same passage as above but about cooked wine. Cooked wine does not need two seals (today cooked wine can be handled by a non-Jew because we are more lenient today about wine because non-Jews do not libate. But in the Talmud they were still strict).
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
R. Joshua b. Levi lists three types of wine that snakes won’t drink.
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
R. Hama has the same list but he understands it differently.
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