Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Sanhedrin 139:21

ויחל נח איש האדמה ויטע כרם אמר רב חסדא אמר רב עוקבא ואמרי לה מר עוקבא א"ר זכאי א"ל הקב"ה לנח נח לא היה לך ללמד מאדם הראשון שלא גרם לו אלא יין כמאן דאמר אותו אילן שאכל ממנו אדם הראשון גפן היה

— When R. Dimi came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 390, n. 1. ');"><sup>38</sup></span> he said: In the West it is said, In these verses, the second may be interpreted as explanatory of the first, or vice versa.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The second as explanatory of the first: who have all these evils? — Those who tarry long etc., the second being the cause, the first the effect. Vice versa: for whom is it fitting to tarry long over wine? — For the wicked only (i.e.. those who have the woes, and contentions of a life of wickedness). ');"><sup>39</sup></span>

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