Mesorat%20hashas for Eruvin 129:19

אמר ר' חייא כל המתיישב ביינו יש בו דעת ע' זקנים יין ניתן בע' אותיות וסוד ניתן בע' אותיות נכנס יין יצא סוד

so that when wine goes in counsel departs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the man who drinks wine loses the ability for clear thinking. Any man, therefore, who is able to retain the clarity of his mind in such circumstances is regarded as being on a par with the seventy elders, the Sanhedrin, the source of clear thought and counsel.');">⁵³</span> R'Hanin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' MS.M. 'Johanan'.');">⁵⁴</span> observed: Wine was created for the sole purpose of comforting mourners and rewarding the wicked;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the little good they may do in this world.');">⁵⁵</span> for it is said: Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the wicked.');">⁵⁶</span>

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