When an overweight man had too much to drink on פורים, his friends asked him if his physical condition permitted him to drink so much. “Of course,” he replied, “I’m over forty.” Surprised, his friends asked “What does being over forty have to do with drinking?” “Why, it’s a גמרא מפורשת,” he said.עד ארבעים שנין מיכלא מעלי מכאן ואילך משתי מעלי. That is to say until forty it’s good להרבות באכילה and from forty on its good להרבות בשתיה. And I can prove this from the תורה. It says ובני ישראל אכלו את המן ארבעים שנה and then says ויאמר משה אל אהרן קח את הצנצנת.”

06/10/2021