If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your bosom or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you in secret, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” that you have not known, you or your fathers.
English: “If he entices you” — Ordinary enticement is through eating and drinking.
On the daf / in context: The typical setting in which the mesis operates is a shared meal or drink, which draws hearts closer and creates the opportunity for persuasion.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei / Sanhedrin) — identifying the ordinary means of enticement.
What Is Learned
The usual mode of the mesis’s enticement is through eating and drinking together.