Commentary for Shabbat 9:4

מִנַּיִן לְסִיכָה שֶׁהִיא כַשְּׁתִיָּה בְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין רְאָיָה לַדָּבָר, זֵכֶר לַדָּבָר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קט) וַתָּבֹא כַמַּיִם בְּקִרְבּוֹ וְכַשֶּׁמֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו:

Whence is it derived that anointing is like drinking on Yom Kippur? [Not that it is actually like drinking for kareth liability, but that it is forbidden.] Even though there is no proof for it, it is intimated in (Psalms 109:18): "And it came like water in his midst and like oil in his bones."

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