Commentary for Eruvin 159:1
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and of which they do not taste the fruit;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If they had not worshipped the tree as an Asherah they would not have abstained from eating of its fruit.');"><sup>1</sup></span> and Samuel said: One, for instance, concerning which the priests<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though they eat its fruit.');"><sup>2</sup></span> say: "These dates are for the beer of the temple of Nizrefe"<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A Persian house of worship, cf. A.Z., Sonc. ed., p. 239, n. 8.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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