Succah 49b

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Sukkah 49b

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Topic

Libation wine after pouring (burning, מעילה, plugging the שיתין), an אגדה on modesty, צדקה and חסד, and why the שבת water barrel was not consecrated

Overview

This amud opens at the end of רבי אלעזר בר צדוק's teaching that leftover libation wine is burned in holiness. רבינא learns this through a גזירה שוה on the word קדש. The גמרא then asks whose view fits the משנה that libations are subject to מעילה only until they reach the שיתין. Two versions of that discussion each end by showing it fits both opinions, since once an item's מצוה is done there is no מעילה. ריש לקיש teaches that the שיתין were plugged during wine libations, and רב פפא and רבא draw lessons about drinking wine from the word שכר. A long אגדה follows: פסוקים from שיר השירים about going up לרגל and learning Torah privately, then רבי אלעזר's teachings on modesty, צדקה and גמילות חסדים, along with a ברייתא and teachings on חן and 'תורת חסד.' Finally the גמרא returns to the משנה about water for שבת, and זעירי explains why the golden barrel was not consecrated. That explanation finishes on the next amud.

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The steps (37)

1. StatementLibation wine is burned in holiness, just as it is poured in holiness
2. QuestionWhere does the verse show that burning is meant?
3. Responseרבינא learns burning through the shared word 'holy'
4. QuestionWhose view is the teaching about misusing libations?
5. ProofSuggestion that it follows רבי אלעזר בר צדוק
6. RejectionIt can even follow the רבנן, when wine collected outside
7. ProofSecond version: suggestion that it follows the רבנן
8. RejectionOnce a מצוה is done, misuse no longer applies
9. Statementריש לקיש: the drainpipes were plugged during wine libations
10. QuestionWhere Does the Verse Show the Pipes Were Plugged?
11. ResponseThe Word שכר Means Drinking, Fullness, and Intoxication
12. StatementWine Satisfies From the Throat
13. StatementAdvice for a Scholar With Little Wine
14. Statementרבא's Own Practice With the Cup of Blessing
15. StatementThe Beautiful Steps of the Jewish People Going Up for the Festival
16. ChallengeWhy Only the God of אברהם?
17. Resolutionאברהם Was the First of the Converts
18. StatementTorah Is Like a Thigh: Best Kept Private
19. Proofרבי אלעזר on Walking Modestly With ה׳
20. ConclusionA קל וחומר for Private מצוות
21. StatementCharity is greater than all offerings
22. StatementActs of kindness are greater than charity
23. ProofSowing is uncertain, reaping is certain
24. StatementCharity is rewarded by the kindness inside it
25. StatementThree ways kindness is greater than charity
26. StatementDoing charity and justice fills the world with kindness
27. ChallengeCan anyone who wants to do kindness simply do it?
28. ResolutionReal kindness is precious and rare
29. ChallengeIs it rare even for a God-fearing person?
30. ResolutionThe God-fearing are given the chance to do kindness
31. StatementA person with grace is surely God-fearing
32. QuestionWhat is a Torah of kindness?
33. ResponseTorah learned for its own sake
34. ResponseSecond version: Torah learned in order to teach
35. StatementBack to the משנה: water drawing on שבת
36. ChallengeWhy not use a consecrated barrel?
37. Resolutionזעירי: the water would become holy and be ruined overnight