Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 139:18

רב ושמואל חד אמר סרסו וח"א רבעו

— Look not upon the wine, which reddens the faces of the wicked in this world and makes them pale [with shame] in the next. Raba said: Look not thou upon the wine ki yith'addam: look not upon it, for it leads to bloodshed [dam].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] translated 'when it is red,' is taken as reflexive of [H] 'blood'. ');">³³</span> R. Kahana raised a difficulty; The Bible writes tirash [for wine], but the word is read tirosh.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], may mean 'thou shalt become impoverished': [H], 'thou shalt become a leader', a contraction of [H]. Thus the written word and the actual reading are contradictory. ');">³⁴</span>

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