Commentary for Shabbat 81:7

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> מוליאר הגרוף שותין הימנו בשבת אנטיכי אע"פ שגרופה אין שותין הימנה:

But 'drink the water of the baths' — what is the virtue of that? — For it was taught: If one eats without drinking, his eating is blood,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., harmful. ');">¹⁷</span> and that is the beginning of stomach trouble. If one eats without walking four cubits [after it], his food rots,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is not properly digested. ');">¹⁸</span> and that is the beginning of a foul smell.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Issuing from the mouth. ');">¹⁹</span>

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