Bava Kamma 91b
Should We Deprive Ourselves?
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And are these matters not inferred a fortiori:
And just as this person who afflicted himself
by abstaining only from wine is nevertheless
called a sinner, one who afflicts himself by
abstaining from everything, through fasting
or other acts of mortification, all the more
so is he described as a sinner? Consequently,
So one may not harm himself in any manner.
And just as this person who afflicted himself
by abstaining only from wine is nevertheless
called a sinner, one who afflicts himself by
abstaining from everything, through fasting
or other acts of mortification, all the more
so is he described as a sinner? Consequently,
So one may not harm himself in any manner.