Commentary for Eruvin 80:16

מאי הוי עלה שדרוה רבנן לרב יימר סבא קמיה דרב חסדא במעלי יומא דריש שתא אמרו ליה זיל חזי היכי עביד עובדא תא אימא לן כי חזייה א"ל דלויה לרטיבה רפסא ליה בדוכתיה אייתו ליה כסא דחמרא קדיש ואמר זמן

[it could be retorted:] The law is not in agreement with R'Aha B'Jacob,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M. and Bah. Cur. edd., omit the last two words. R. Aha b. Jacob permitted a child to drink in the circumstance mentioned (cf. R. Han. ,hk a.l. and Tosaf. s.v. a.l.) .');">⁴⁹</span> since [the child] possibly might get used to it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit, 'to he dragged'; and he would out of habit drink the wine even when he grows up');">⁵⁰</span> Now what is [the decision] on this question?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is the benediction on the season the said on the New Year Festival and the Day of Atonement? sf');">⁵¹</span> - The Rabbis sent R'Yemar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. 'Yeba' (v. Rashi s.v. and She'iltoth, Berakah) .');">⁵²</span>

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