Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 72:2

מתקיף ליה רבינא ובאיסורא לית ליה אלא מעתה שתויי יין. ופרועי ראש דבמיתה הכי נמי דלית ליה לר"מ והתנן אלו שבמיתה שתויי יין ופרועי ראש

Now then, [priests ministering in the Temple] intoxicated with wine,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. X, 9: Drink no wine nor strong drink . . when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not.');">²</span> or with a long growth of hair,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' More than 30 days' growth; v. Rashi, Sanh. 83a. They shall not suffer their locks to grow long . . neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court (Ezek. XLIV, 20, 21) . Allowing the hair to grow long is equated with drinking wine; just as for drinking wine the penalty is death, so for allowing the hair to grow long the penalty is death; Sanh. 83b.');">³</span> the punishment for which is [said to be] death - will you also say [in these cases] that R'Meir does not hold [the principle]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In these cases we must derive the affirmative from the negative in order to impose the penalty: Drink no wine . . that ye die not; but if you drink wine, you will die.');">⁴</span>

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