Commentary for Zevachim 181:15

ה"נ דכיון דאתיין כמאן דשחיטי תרוייהו דמי

Come and hear: Another reason: the blessing for the wine is constant, whereas the blessing for the day is not constant, and of that which is constant and that which is not constant, that which is constant comes first!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although the non-constant actually preceded the other, since the sanctity of the day automatically commenced at nightfall. This is analogous to slaughtering the non-constant first; and as here the blessing for the wine must be recited first, by analogy the blood of the constant must be sprinkled first.');">²⁰</span> - Here too, since it [the wine] has arrived,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We have the wine actually before us.');">²¹</span>

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