Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Yoma 149:1

עינו בכוסו עריות כולן דומות עליו כמישור וחד אמר כל הנותן עינו בכוסו כל העולם כולו דומה עליו כמישור

his eye in the cup,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Talmud takes the passage in this sense: When he puts his eye i.e., devotes his attention to the cup, when he is drunk.');"><sup>1</sup></span> all incestual intercourse appears to him like a plain;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Mesharim' ('smoothly') is connected with meshor, 'a plain'.');"><sup>2</sup></span> the other said: One who indulges in his cup, the entire world appears to him like a plain.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In his drunken state the man overlooks all handicaps to his desire, be they directed against illicit intercourse or against his neighbour's property.');"><sup>3</sup></span>

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