Shevuot 23A

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ותירוש חמרא הוא, וכתיב: ״ואכלת״.

And since the Hebrew word tirosh mentioned in the verse is wine, and it is written with regard to it: “And you should eat,” this indicates that drinking is an activity included in eating.

ודלמא על ידי אניגרון? דאמר רבה בר שמואל: אניגרון ⁠– מיא דסילקי, אכסיגרון ⁠– מיא דכולהו סילקי.

The Talmud challenges: But perhaps the verse is referring to consuming wine by means of an anigeron, as Rabba bar Shmuel says: Anigeron is a stew of beet greens and wine, and aksigeron is a stew of all types of cooked vegetables. If so, the wine in the verse is not drunk but eaten.

אלא אמר רב אחא בר יעקב, מהכא: ״ונתתה הכסף בכל אשר תאוה נפשך, בבקר ובצאן וביין ובשכר״; יין חמרא הוא, וכתיב: ״ואכלת״.

Rather, Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: Cite from here, a verse written with regard to money with which one has redeemed second tithe: “And you should bestow the money for whatsoever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine [uvayyayin], or for strong drink, or for whatsoever your soul asks of you; and you should eat there before YHWH your God, and you should rejoice, you and your household” (Deuteronomy 14:26). The Hebrew word yayin mentioned in the verse is wine, and it is written: “And you should eat.”

ודלמא הכא נמי על ידי אניגרון?

The Talmud challenges: But perhaps here this verse is also referring to consuming wine by means of an anigeron.

״שכר״ כתיב, מידי דמשכר.

The Talmud rejects this: “Strong drink” is written in the verse, referring to something intoxicating, and wine mixed into a stew is not intoxicating.

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