Musar for Sotah 3:7

המקנא דיעבד אין לכתחילה לא קסבר תנא דידן אסור לקנאות

To tell you that whoever witnesses a suspected woman in her disgrace should withhold himself from wine.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Immoderate use of wine is a source of immorality. v. Ber. 63a. ');">¹¹</span> But [the Tanna in the Mishnah] should treat of [Tractate] Sotah first and afterwards that of <i>Nazir</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That being the order in which they are dealt with in Scripture. ');">¹²</span>

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