TT #57 · Parashas Noach · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 9:20
Noach, the man of the soil, began and planted a vineyard.
Torah Temimah points to the derasha of the thirteen “vavs” associated with wine (Sanhedrin 70a).
E-Daf image — Sanhedrin 70a (size=3)
English: “And Noach began” — A Galilean expounded: Thirteen vavs are stated in connection with wine… (a chain of “and” that traces the descent into drunkenness and its aftermath).
Custom (warning against intoxication via the string of vavs).
The narrative of Noach’s wine is marked by a series of consecutive “and”s that signal progressive downfall.