Commentary for Eruvin 129:20

א"ר חנין לא נברא יין אלא לנחם אבלים ולשלם שכר לרשעים שנא' (משלי לא, ו) תנו שכר לאובד וגו'

and wine unto the bitter in soul.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The mourner; Prov. XXXI, 6.');">⁵⁷</span> R'Hanin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' MS.M. 'Hanina'.');">⁵⁸</span> B'Papa stated: A person in whose house wine is not poured like water has not attained the state of blessedness; for it is said: And He will bless thy bread and thy water,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXIII, 25.');">⁵⁹</span> as the 'bread' spoken of is a food that may be bought with the money of the Second Tithe so is the 'water'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it was mentioned in the same context as the 'bread'.');">⁶⁰</span>

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