Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 152:6

ואמאי קרי ליה יין ואמאי קרי ליה תירוש יין שמביא יללה לעולם תירוש שכל המתגרה בו נעשה רש

- Rather, everybody agrees that 'tirosh' is wine, but with regard to vows we go after common parlance.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And in common parlance 'tirosh' and 'yayin' are separated.');">⁷</span> Why is it [wine] called 'yayin' and 'tirosh'? - It is called 'yayin' because it brings lamentation into the world, and 'tirosh' 'because he who indulges in it becomes poor.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first is a play on 'ya, ya' exclamation of woe, the second on the second syllable of 'tirosh', which is connected with 'rash', to become poor, as if 'tirosh' meant, You will become poor.');">⁸</span>

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