Tosefta for Psalms 104:15

וְיַ֤יִן ׀ יְשַׂמַּ֬ח לְֽבַב־אֱנ֗וֹשׁ לְהַצְהִ֣יל פָּנִ֣ים מִשָּׁ֑מֶן וְ֝לֶ֗חֶם לְֽבַב־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ יִסְעָֽד׃

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, Making the face brighter than oil, And bread that stayeth man's heart.

Tosefta Pesachim

It is a mitzvah for a person to make his children and the members of his house happy on the festivals. Through what [should he make them happy]? With wine! [As it is written (Psalm 104): "And wine will make the heart of man happy, etc."]. Rabbi Yehudah said: [Women] with what is nice for them and children with what is nice for them.
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