Talmud zu Malachi 1:8

If the wine¹⁶⁰In the Rome ms. שְׁתָיוֹ “if he drank it as …” Since this paragraph is not connected with the preceding or the following ones, it is difficult to decide between the readings. is freshly pressed, if the wine¹⁶⁰In the Rome ms. שְׁתָיוֹ “if he drank it as …” Since this paragraph is not connected with the preceding or the following ones, it is difficult to decide between the readings. is sour¹⁶¹This is wine for which it is a matter of opinion whether it is sour wine or sweet vinegar. It still must contain some alcohol. The first hand of the Leiden ms. wrote יַיִן תּוֹסֵס “wine fermenting”. This may be an intrusion from a similar Babylonian baraita, Sanhedrin 70a.? As it was stated: Sour wine may be used to make an eruv¹⁶²If several houses share a common courtyard, the latter can be turned into common property to be available to all dwellers for use on the Sabbath by everyone donating food for a common meal, This is called eruv, “mixing”. If the inhabitants of a dead-end stret decide to turn their street into common property for Sabbath purposes, they have to install a symbolic door at the entrance to the street and prepare common food by “participating”. Cf. Demay 1:4, Notes 192, 193. and participating, one makes a benediction for it¹⁶³Before one drinks sour wine, one has to recite the benediction for wine, not vinegar (Mishnaiot Berakhot 6:1,3)., and one may use it for the preliminary marriage of a bride¹⁶⁴Cf. Demay 4:2, Note 19; Peah 6:2, Note 46; Yebamot 1:1, Note 63., for consoling the mourner¹⁶⁵The first meal of a mourner after the burial of a close relative must be given to him by others and it includes wine; cf. Berakhot 3:1, Notes 48,49,54; Babli Ketubot 8b, Sanhedrin 90a., and it may be sold in a store as wine. If somebody made an unqualified contract for wine, he did not sell sour wine¹⁶⁶On the wholesale level, sour wine has to be labelled as such. However, if an entire inventory was sold, the buyer must expect 10% of the barrels to contain sour wine (Mishnah Baba batra 6:1).. One is prohibited from delivering a decision, or to dissolve a vow, or to enter the Temple¹⁶⁷Lev. 10:8–11 forbids entering the Temple, officiating, and delivering any religious instruction to anybody who is still under the influence of any alcoholic beverage. Since sour wine contains alcohol, it disables as wine.. Only it is forbidden on the altar¹⁶⁸Mal. 1:8 declares sinful any offering on the altar which would not be received by the Pasha as a bribe.. And about the rebellious son it is problematic¹⁶⁹The rebellious son (Deut. 21:18–21) is not guilty unless he eats and drinks immoderately, including half a log of wine (2.7 dl) in one sip. It is undecided whether drinking almost-vinegar is drinking wine in this case. The Babli (Baba batra 96a) discusses whether smell or taste decide between wine and vinegar. It is obvious (Sanhedrin 70a) that grape juice does not qualify as wine in this respect..

If it had a defect. The verse says that they sacrifice defectives in pagan worship. If you present a blind one to be sacrificed, is there nothing bad¹⁵⁴Malachi1:8. If it had not been acceptable for the Gentiles, the Jews would not have thought of doing this.? This says that they sacrifice defectives in pagan worship.