Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Pesachim 216:1

שאף הן היו באותו הנס

because they too were included in that miracle.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of liberation; v. Sot. 11b, where it is stated that the Israelites were redeemed as a reward to the righteous women of that generation.');"><sup>1</sup></span> Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: These four cups must contain sufficient for the mixing of a generous cup.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their wine was too strong to be drunk neat. 'A generous cup' is one of sufficient quantity for Grace, viz., a rebi'ith (quarter of a log) , and Rab Judah said that each of these four cups must contain enough undiluted wine to make up to a rebi'ith of diluted wine. - The usual mixture was one Part wine to three parts water.');"><sup>2</sup></span> if he drank them raw [undiluted], he has discharged [his duty].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Providing that he drank a rebi'ith on each, occasion (Rashbam) .');"><sup>3</sup></span>

Tosafot on Pesachim

They were in that same miracle: Rashba"m explained that they [the Jews] were redeemed through them [the women]. And similarly, in the Megilla, through Esther, and in Chanuka, through Judith. And it is difficult, since "even" implies that they aren't the main thing. And also, the version in the Jerusalem Talmud is "even they were in that same uncertainty," implying in that danger of "to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish" (Esther 3:13). And this that we say that they [women] are exempt from [the commandment of] sukka, even though that even they were in that same miracle, is [based on] "that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths" (Leviticus 23:43), there, is regarding a positive Torah commandment. However, regarding the four cups, which is rabbinic, they established it also for women, since they were in that same miracle.
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