Commentary for Menachot 173:12
אין מניחין אותן שתים שתים אלא אחת אחת:
R'Joseph once had a garden-plot which he used to give an extra hoeing and it produced wine that could take twice the usual amount of water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Usually wine was adulterated with water in the proportion of three parts of water to one of wine (cf. Shab. 77a) ; this wine could stand an admixture of water in the proportion of six parts of water to one of wine.');"><sup>12</sup></span> ONE DID NOT PUT [THE WINE] IN LARGE CASKS.
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