Commentary for Shabbat 257:22

רב ושמואל דאמרי תרוייהו האי מאן דעביד מילתא לא ליתיב היכא דכריך זיקא דילמא שפי ליה אומנא ומוקים ליה ארביעתא ואתי זיקא ושאיף מיניה ואתי לידי סכנה

a dish of pieces of meat was prepared; R. Johanan drank until the smell [of the wine] issued from his ears; R. Nahman drank until his milt swam [in wine]; R. Joseph drank until it [the smell] issued from the puncture of bleeding.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the hole made in his flesh when he was bled. Jast. s.v. [H] translates: until the puncture was healed up. ');">¹⁶</span>

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