## Avodah Zarah Daf 58b

###### Avodah Zarah 58b:1
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מֵימָר אָמַר: סָלְקָא דַּעְתֵּיהּ דְּרַבָּנַן כִּי הָנֵי שִׁיכְרָא קָא שָׁתוּ? אֶלָּא וַדַּאי הַאי חַמְרָא הוּא, וְנַסְּכֵיהּ. מַאן דְּשָׁרֵי שַׁפִּיר שְׁרֵי, מֵימָר אָמַר: סָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ דְּרַבָּנַן כִּי הָנֵי חַמְרָא קָא שָׁתוּ, וְאָמְרוּ לִיה לְדִידִי ״תָּא אַשְׁקֵינַן״? אֶלָּא וַדַּאי שִׁיכְרָא הוּא (קָא שָׁתוּ), וְלָא נַסְּכֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
the gentile **says** to himself: Can it **enter your mind that** great **Sages like these are drinking liquor [*shikhra*]? Rather, this is certainly wine** that they are drinking, **and** therefore the gentile may have **poured it as a libation.** Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi continues to explain that **the one who deemed** the wine **permitted properly deemed** it **permitted,** as he holds that the gentile **says** to himself: Can it **enter your mind that** great **Rabbis like these are drinking wine and they say to me,** a gentile: **Come, serve us drinks? Rather, it is certainly liquor** that **they are drinking, and** therefore **he did not pour it as a libation.**


###### Avodah Zarah 58b:2
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וְהָא קָא חָזֵי! בְּלֵילְיָא. וְהָא קָא מֹרַח לֵיהּ! בְּחַדְתָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But doesn’t** the gentile **see** whether it is wine or liquor? The Gemara answers: The incident occurred **at night.** The Gemara asks: **But doesn’t** the gentile **smell it** and recognize that it is wine? The Gemara answers: This incident occurred **with new** wine, whose smell does not diffuse.


###### Avodah Zarah 58b:3
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וְהָא קָא נָגַע בֵּיהּ בְּנַטְלָא, וְהָוֵה לֵיהּ מַגַּע גּוֹי שֶׁלֹּא בְּכַוָּונָה וְאָסוּר! לָא צְרִיכָא, דְּקָא מוֹרֵיק אוֹרוֹקֵי, וְהָוֵה לֵיהּ כֹּחוֹ שֶׁלֹּא בְּכַוָּונָה, וְכֹל כֹּחוֹ שֶׁלֹּא בְּכַוָּונָה לָא גְּזַרוּ בֵּיהּ רַבָּנַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But didn’t** the gentile **touch** the wine when he drew the wine **in the pail, and** therefore **it is** a case of **a gentile’s unintentional touch,** which renders the wine **prohibited?** The Gemara replies: **No,** it was **necessary** to teach this *halakha* because the gentile **was pouring** from one vessel to another without touching the wine, **and** therefore **it was** a case where the wine was poured by **the force of** the gentile’s action, **without** any **intention** of offering it as a libation. **And** in **any** case where wine is poured by **force of** a gentile’s action, **without** any **intention** of offering it as a libation, **the Sages did not issue a decree** prohibiting the wine, and it is permitted to drink it.


###### Avodah Zarah 58b:4
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בְּעָא מִינֵּיהּ רַבִּי אַסִּי מֵרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: יַיִן שֶׁמְּסָכוֹ גּוֹי, מַהוּ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְאֵימָא ״מְזָגוֹ״! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֲנָא כְּדִכְתִיב קָאָמֵינָא, ״טָבְחָה טִבְחָהּ מָסְכָה יֵינָהּ״. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לְשׁוֹן תּוֹרָה לְעַצְמָהּ, לְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים לְעַצְמוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Asi asked Rabbi Yoḥanan:** With regard to **wine that a gentile mixed [*mesakho*]** with water, **what is** the *halakha*? Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to** Rabbi Asi: **And** why not **say:** Wine that a gentile **diluted [*mezago*]** with water, as that is the term that is usually used? Rabbi Asi **said to** Rabbi Yoḥanan: **I say** wine that was mixed, **as it is written: “She has prepared her meat, she has mixed [*maskha*] her wine”** (Proverbs 9:2). Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to** Rabbi Asi: While it is true that this is the language of the Bible, the **language of** the **Torah** is a language **in itself,** and the **language of the Sages** is a language **in itself,** i.e., the terminology of the Bible is not the same as the terminology employed by the Sages.


###### Avodah Zarah 58b:5
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מַאי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אָסוּר, מִשּׁוּם ״לָךְ לָךְ, אָמְרִין נְזִירָא; סְחוֹר סְחוֹר, לְכַרְמָא לָא תִּקְרַב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Asi repeated his question: **What** is the *halakha*? Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to** Rabbi Asi: Although the gentile did not touch the wine when diluting it, it is **prohibited** by rabbinic decree **due to** the maxim: **Go, go, we say** to **a nazirite,** who is prohibited from drinking wine and eating grapes; **go around** and **go around,** but **do not come near to the vineyard.** Although a nazirite is prohibited only from eating produce of the vine, he is warned not even to come into the proximity of a vineyard as a protective measure to ensure that he will not transgress this prohibition. So too, in many cases, the Sages decreed certain items and actions to be prohibited because they understood that if people would use them, they would eventually transgress Torah prohibitions.


###### Avodah Zarah 58b:6
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רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה אִיקְּלַע לְסִבְּתָא, חֲזָא חַמְרָא דְּמָזְגִי גּוֹיִם וְאִישְׁתִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִינֵּיהּ, וַאֲסַר לְהוּ מִשּׁוּם ״לָךְ לָךְ, אָמְרִין נְזִירָא; סְחוֹר סְחוֹר, לְכַרְמָא לָא תִּקְרַב״. אִתְּמַר נָמֵי: אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ אָמַר רַבִּי אַסִּי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: יַיִן שֶׁמְּזָגוֹ גּוֹי אָסוּר, מִשּׁוּם ״לָךְ לָךְ, אָמְרִין נְזִירָא; סְחוֹר סְחוֹר, לְכַרְמָא לָא תִּקְרַב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yirmeya happened** to come **to Savta. He saw wine that a gentile diluted** with water **and** then **a Jew drank from it, and** Rabbi Yirmeya then **deemed** the wine **prohibited to them, due to** the maxim: **Go, go, we say** to **a nazirite, go around** and **go around,** but **do not come near to the vineyard. It was also stated: Rabbi Yoḥanan says, and some say** that **Rabbi Asi says** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Wine that a gentile diluted** is **prohibited, due to** the maxim **Go, go, we say** to **a nazirite, go around** and **go around,** but **do not come near to the vineyard.**


###### Avodah Zarah 58b:7
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רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אִיקְּלַע לְבׇצְרָה, חֲזָא יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּקָאָכְלִי פֵּירֵי דְּלָא מְעַשְּׂרִי, וַאֲסַר לְהוּ. חֲזָא מַיָּא דְּסָגְדִי לְהוּ גּוֹיִם וְשָׁתוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַאֲסַר לְהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Reish Lakish happened** to come **to Bozrah,** a town east of the Jordan. **He saw Jews who were eating untithed produce and he deemed** the produce **prohibited to them.** He also **saw water to which gentiles bowed down and** yet **Jews drank** the water, **and he deemed** the water **prohibited to them.**


###### Avodah Zarah 58b:8
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אֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אַדְּמִקְטוֹרָךְ עֲלָךְ זִיל הֲדַר בֶּצֶר, לָאו הַיְינוּ בׇּצְרָה, וּמַיִם שֶׁל רַבִּים אֵין נֶאֱסָרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Reish Lakish **came before Rabbi Yoḥanan** and told him about the incident. Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to** Reish Lakish: **While your coat [*addemiktorakh*]** is still **on you, go** and **retract** your rulings. This is because the town of **Bezer** which is mentioned among the cities of refuge (Deuteronomy 4:43) **is not** the same as **Bozrah.** Bozrah is not part of Eretz Yisrael, and one is not obligated to separate tithes from its produce. The water is also permitted as it is water that belongs to the public, **and water that belongs to** the **public is not rendered prohibited.**


###### Avodah Zarah 58b:9
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רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן לְטַעְמֵיהּ,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes that **Rabbi Yoḥanan** conforms **to his** standard line of **reasoning,**