Commentary for Shabbat 153:3

א"ל רבא הא דקאמרת שני חלקי מים ואחד יין מן היין השירוני יין השירוני לחוד דרפי א"נ התם משום חזותא אבל לטעמא בעי טפי ודקאמרת מים מכד ומצטרפין לענין שבת מידי דחשיב בעינן והא נמי הא חשיב

but for taste more [water] is required. Whilst as for your objection, The water is in the jug and it is to combine! in the matter of the Sabbath we require something that is of account, and this too is of account.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though it does not contain the water yet, since it can bear the addition of so much water. ');">⁵</span> A Tanna taught: As for congealed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'dry'. ');">⁶</span>

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