[Avodah] Kol, winemaking and besomim

[Arie Folger]

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:03 PM,  <avodah-request at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
> In a recent daf yomi the gemara tells us that "kol" is bad for wine making while elsewhere a braisa on the ketores tells us that "kol" is good for the besomim.
> does anyone have a good explanation of these assertions in shas? The only thing I could come up with (is pretty dachuk and just speculation for lack of anything better) is as follows.

Who says yafeh means good in the beraita of qetoret? Perhaps it has
that word's primary meaning, as in, it is fitting, beautiful to speak
so while grinding it up?

As for the wine, not having that gemara at hand, please tell me
whether this makes any sense: it isn't the voice that causes problems,
but the speaking over an open barrel of wine, IOW, producing a qol.
Why would it be bad for the wine? Because some spittle may end up in
the barrel, introducing some unwanted microorganisms. While the
microorganisms weren't yet known, 'Hazal could verily have observed
that great standards of cleanliness were needed to avoid contaminating
the wine. [PS: this is just a hunch, and I am not, at present, backing
it up with any precise knowledge of wine making, either. Please
comment.]

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