Commentary for Gittin 139:16

תנו רבנן המשמש מטתו מעומד אוחזתו עוית מיושב אוחזתו דלריא היא מלמעלה והוא מלמטה אוחזתו דלריא

Elijah once said to R. Nathan: Eat a third and drink a third and leave a third for when you get angry, and then you will have had your fill.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As much as to say, Otherwise when you fall into a passion you will burst. ');">¹²</span>

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