Commentary for Shabbat 62:4

דרש רב עולא מאי דכתיב (קהלת ז, יז) אל תרשע הרבה וגו' הרבה הוא דלא לירשע הא מעט לירשע אלא מי שאכל שום וריחו נודף יחזור ויאכל שום אחר ויהא ריחו נודף

That proves it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. R. Eleazar's (or, R. Eleazar b. Simeon's) view. ');">¹⁰</span> R. 'Ulla expounded: Why Is it written, Be not much wicked?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eccl. VII, 17. ');">¹¹</span> must one not be much wicked, yet he may be a little wicked! But if one has eaten garlic and his breath smells, shall he eat some more garlic that his breath may [continue to] smell?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' i.e., having sinned a little, do not think that you must go on sinning. ');">¹²</span>

Explore commentary for Shabbat 62:4. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.