Commentary for Shevuot 36:15

ורמינהי אמר רבי אליעזר מה נפשך חלב אכל חייב נותר אכל חייב שבת חילל חייב יום הכפורים חילל חייב אשתו נדה בעל חייב אחותו בעל חייב

R'Hiyya B'Abba said that R'Johanan said: He who recites the Habdalah over wine at the termination of the Sabbath will have male children, even as it is written: That ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 10. He who recites Habdalah also makes a distinction between the holy and the common (Sabbath and weekday) . In verse 9 the priests are commanded: Drink no wine . . when ye go into the tent of meeting. The implication is: but ye may drink wine when ye make a distinction between the holy and the common, I.e., when you recite the Habdalah.');">²²</span> and elsewhere it is written: To make a distinction between the unclean and the clean;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid, XI, 47.');">²³</span>

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