"Among Jews, there is an absence of drunkenness, always a fruitful source of domestic strife and misconduct."
"No amount of money given in charity, nothing but the abandonment of this hateful trade, can atone for this great sin against God, Israel and Humanity."
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Source: The Pentateuch and Haftorahs by Joseph H. Hertz, p. 849, (One-volume edition), 1937.
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