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Drunkenness
239. This is also why IT IS WRITTEN: "For your love is better than (also 'from') wine" (Ibid.). That is wine, it is come from the wine that brightens the face and causes the eyes to laugh, bringing affection and friendship. It is not from the wine that leads to drunkenness and that brings anger and rage, causing darkening of the face and burning of the eyes.
239. וּבְגִין כָּךְ כִּי טוֹבִים דּוֹדֶיךָ מִיָּיִן. מֵהַהוּא יַיִן, דְּמֶחֱדֵי וְנָהֵיר אַנְפִּין, וְחָיְיכִין עַיְינִין, וְעָבִיד רְעוּתָא. וְלָאו מִיַּיִן דִּמְשַׁכֵּר, וְעָבִיד רוּגְזָא, וְאַחְשִׁיךְ אַנְפִּין וְלָהֲטָאן עַיְינִין, יַיִן דְּרוּגְזָא.