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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 10:9/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י׳:ט׳
אושכר. העשוי ממין חטה או דבש או תמרים כי היין משחית הדעת לשותיו ויתערבו לו הדברים. על כן ולהבדיל כי אתה כהן גדול ותבדיל בין מקום הקדש ובין החול והוא מלשון חלול גם יתכן בין יום קודש לחול:
1NOR STRONG DRINK. Made from any kind of wheat, honey, or dates, for wine destroys the reason of the one who imbibes it and he confuses things. Hence Scripture states, And that ye may put difference (v. 10).29 Since you are a kohen gadol you will differentiate30, which is an infinitive that literally means and to put a difference, is to be rendered, and you shall differentiate (utavdil) in this context. between a holy place and a common place. The word chol (common) is related to the word chillul (profaned).31 means profane. Thus our clause is to be rendered, between the holy and the profane. It is possible that between the holy and the common means between a holy day and a common day.