Sanhedrin 71A

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חייב.

he is liable for entering the Temple while intoxicated.

אינו נעשה בן סורר ומורה עד שיאכל בשר וישתה יין. תנו רבנן: אכל כל מאכל ולא אכל בשר, שתה כל משקה ולא שתה יין ⁠– אינו נעשה בן סורר ומורה עד שיאכל בשר וישתה יין, שנאמר: ״זולל וסבא״.

§ The Mishnah teaches that the boy does not become a stubborn and rebellious son unless he actually eats meat and drinks wine. A baraita states: If he ate any other food but did not eat meat, or if he drank any other beverage but did not drink wine, he does not become a stubborn and rebellious son unless he actually eats meat and drinks wine, as it is stated: “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voices; he is a glutton and a drunkard.”

ואף על פי שאין ראייה לדבר, זכר לדבר שנאמר: ״אל תהי בסבאי יין בזללי בשר למו״, ואומר: ״כי סבא וזולל יורש וקרעים תלביש נומה״. אמר רבי זירא: כל הישן בבית המדרש תורתו נעשית לו קרעים קרעים, שנאמר: ״וקרעים תלביש נומה״.

And although there is no explicit proof to the matter, there is an allusion to the matter in another verse, as it is stated: “Be not among wine drinkers, among gluttonous eaters of meat” (Proverbs 23:20). And the verse states: “For the drunkard and the glutton should come to poverty, and drowsiness should clothe a man with rags” (Proverbs 23:21). That is to say, a person who is a glutton and a drunkard, and sleeps a lot due to his excessive eating and drinking, will end up poor and dressed in rags. R' Zeira expounds the same verse and says: With regard to anyone who sleeps in the study hall, his Torah should become tattered, as it is stated: “And drowsiness should clothe a man with rags.”

מתני׳ גנב משל אביו ואכל ברשות אביו, משל אחרים ואכל ברשות אחרים, משל אחרים ואכל ברשות אביו ⁠– אינו נעשה בן סורר ומורה עד שיגנוב משל אביו ויאכל ברשות אחרים. רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה אומר: עד שיגנוב משל אביו ומשל אמו.

Mishnah: If he stole that which belonged to his father and ate on his father’s property, or he stole that which belonged to others and ate on the property of others, or he stole that which belonged to others and ate on his father’s property, he does not become a stubborn and rebellious son, unless he steals that which belonged to his father and eats on the property of others. R' Yosei, son of R' Yehuda, says: He does not become a stubborn and rebellious son unless he steals that which belonged to his father and that which belonged to his mother.

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