Related%20passage for Yevamot 242:3

א"ר מאיר מעשה באחד שנפל לבור הגדול וכו': תניא אמרו לו לרבי מאיר אין מזכירין מעשה נסים מאי מעשה נסים אילימא דלא אכיל ולא אישתי והכתיב (אסתר ד, טז) וצומו עלי ואל תאכלו ואל תשתו

[but if into one] of wine, no evidence may legally be tendered concerning him, because it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The wine (cf. supra n. 9). ');">⁹</span> extinguishes [the fire].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And, owing to the cooling caused by the liquid, the man might be saved from actual death. ');">¹⁰</span> They,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Rabbis, represented by the view of the first Tanna. ');">¹¹</span> however, said to him: At first it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The wine (cf. supra n. 9). ');">⁹</span>

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