here

<<after

<<a blessing.

Rabbi Chanina bar Pappa said:

<<Anyone

<<who benefits

<<from

<<this world

<<without

<<a blessing

<<is as if

<<he robs

<<from the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<and the Congregation of

<<Israel,

<<as it is stated:

<<“One who robs

<<his father

<<and his mother

<<and says:

<<‘There is no

<<transgression’ —

<<a companion

<<he is

<<to a man

<<who destroys.”

<<And there is no

<<“his father”

<<except

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Is not

<<He

<<your father,

<<who acquired you?”

<<And there is no

<<“his mother”

<<except

<<the Congregation of

<<Israel,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Hear,

<<my son,

<<the instruction of

<<your father,

<<and do not

<<forsake

<<the teaching of

<<your mother.”

What is

<<“a companion

<<he is

<<to a man

<<who destroys”?

<<Rabbi Chanina bar Pappa said:

<<A companion

<<he is

<<to Yarovam ben Nevat,

<<who corrupted

<<Israel

<<toward their Father

<<who is in Heaven.

Rabbi Chanina bar Pappa

<<pointed out a contradiction:

<<It is written:

<<“And I will take back

<<My grain

<<in its time,

<<etc.,”

<<and it is written:

<<“And you shall gather

<<your grain,

<<etc.”

It is not difficult:

<<here

<<at a time

<<when Israel

<<does

<<the will

<<of

<<the Omnipresent;

<<here

<<at a time

<<when not

<<Israel

<<does

<<the will

<<of

<<the Omnipresent.

The Rabbis taught:

<<“And you shall gather

<<your grain” —

<<what

<<does the verse teach?

<<Since

<<it is stated:

<<“Not

<<shall depart

<<the book of

<<the Torah

<<this

<<from your mouth,”

<<one might think

<<the words

<<are as they are written;

<<the verse states:

<<“And you shall gather

<<your grain” —

<<conduct

<<with them

<<the conduct of

<<the way of the world.

<<These are the words of

<<Rabbi Yishmael.

Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai

<<says:

<<Is it possible?

<<A person

<<plows

<<at the time of

<<plowing,

<<and sows

<<at the time of

<<sowing,

<<and reaps

<<at the time of

<<reaping,

<<and threshes

<<at the time of

<<threshing,

<<and winnows

<<at the time of

<<the wind —

<<Torah,

<<what

<<will become

<<of it?

<<Rather,

<<at a time

<<when Israel

<<does

<<the will

<<of

<<the Omnipresent,

<<their work

<<is done

<<by

<<the hands of

<<others,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And will stand

<<strangers

<<and shepherd

<<your flocks,

<<etc.”

<<And at a time

<<when not

<<Israel

<<does

<<the will

<<of

<<the Omnipresent,

<<their work

<<is done

<<by

<<the hands of

<<themselves,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And you shall gather

<<your grain.”

<<And not

<<only that,

<<but

<<the work of

<<others

<<is done

<<by

<<their hands,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And you shall serve

<<your enemy,

<<etc.”

Abaye said:

<<Many

<<did

<<like Rabbi Yishmael,

<<and it succeeded

<<in their hands;

<<like Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai,

<<and not

<<did it succeed

<<in their hands.

Rava said to them

<<to the Rabbis:

<<I beg

<<of you:

<<in the days of

<<Nisan

<<and in the days of

<<Tishrei

<<do not

<<appear

<<before me,

<<so

<<that

<<you will not

<<be preoccupied

<<with your sustenance

<<the whole

<<year.

Rabbah bar bar Chana said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Yehuda son of Rabbi Ila'i:

<<Come

<<and see

<<that not

<<like the generations

<<of old

<<are the generations

<<of late.

<<The generations

<<of old

<<made

<<their Torah

<<fixed

<<and their work

<<occasional —

<<this

<<and this

<<endured

<<in their hands.

<<The generations

<<of late,

<<who made

<<their work

<<fixed

<<and their Torah

<<occasional —

<<this

<<and this

<<not

<<endured

<<in their hands.

And Rabbah bar bar Chana said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Yehuda son of Rabbi Ila'i:

<<Come

<<and see

<<that not

<<like the generations

<<of old

<<are the generations

<<of late.

<<The generations

<<of old

<<would

<<bring in

<<their produce

<<by way of

<<the gatehouse

<<in order

<<to obligate them

<<in tithes;

<<the generations

<<of late

<<bring in

<<their produce

<<by way of

<<roofs,

<<by way of

<<courtyards,

<<by way of

<<enclosures,

<<in order

<<to exempt them

<<from

<<the tithe.

<<For Rabbi Yannai said:

<<Not

<<does untithed produce

<<become obligated

<<in tithes

<<until

<<it sees

<<the face of

<<the house,

<<as it is stated:

<<“I have removed

<<the holy

<<from

<<the house.”

And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Even

<<a courtyard

<<fixes [the obligation],

<<as it is stated:

<<“And they shall eat

<<in your gates

<<and be satisfied.”

“Except

<<for

<<the wine,

<<etc.”:

<<What

<<is different about

<<wine?

<<If you say

<<because

<<it has changed

<<for the better,

<<it has changed

<<in its blessing —

<<but behold

<<oil,

<<which has changed

<<for the better

<<and not

<<has changed

<<in its blessing!

<<For Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel,

<<and so

<<Rabbi Yitzchak said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<Oil of

<<olive —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree.”

They say:

<<There

<<it is because

<<it is not

<<possible.

<<How

<<should we bless?

<<Should we bless

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the olive”?

<<The fruit

<<itself

<<“olive”

<<is called.

But let us bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree of

<<the olive”!

<<Rather,

<<Mar Zutra said:

<<Wine

<<nourishes;

<<oil

<<does not

<<nourish.

And oil

<<does not

<<nourish?

<<But didn't we learn:

<<One who vows

<<from

<<food

<<is permitted

<<in water

<<and in salt.

<<And we discussed

<<it:

<<water

<<and salt

<<it is

<<that are not

<<called

<<“food”;

<<hence

<<all

<<other things

<<are called

<<“food.”

Shall we say

<<let it be

<<a refutation

<<of Rav

<<and Shmuel,

<<who say:

<<they do not

<<bless

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods”

<<except

<<over the five

<<species

<<alone?

<<And Rav Huna said:

<<This is where he says:

<<“Everything

<<that nourishes

<<is upon me [forbidden].”

Apparently,

<<oil

<<nourishes!

<<Rather,

<<wine

<<sustains,

<<and oil

<<does not

<<sustain.

<<And wine —

<<does it

<<sustain?

<<But surely

<<Rava

<<was

<<drinking

<<wine

<<the whole of

<<the eve of

<<the day

<<of Pesach,

<<so

<<that

<<it would stimulate

<<his heart

<<and he would eat

<<matzah

<<more!

<<A lot

<<stimulates;

<<a little

<<sustains.

And does it

<<sustain

<<at all?!

<<But isn't it written:

<<“And wine

<<gladdens

<<the heart of

<<man,

<<and bread

<<the heart of

<<man

<<sustains,

<<etc.” —

<<bread

<<it is

<<that sustains;

<<wine

<<does not

<<sustain!

<<Rather,

<<wine

<<has

<<in it

<<two [things]:

<<it sustains

<<and gladdens.

<<Bread —

<<to sustain,

<<it sustains;

<<to gladden,

<<it does not

<<gladden.

If so,

<<let us bless

<<over it

<<three

<<blessings!

<<Not

<<do fix

<<people

<<their meals

<<on it.

Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said to Rava:

<<If

<<he fixed

<<on it

<<his meal,

<<what [then]?

<<He said to him:

<<When comes

<<Eliyahu

<<and says

<<whether

<<it is

<<a fixed meal [, we will know].

<<Now,

<<at any rate,

<<is nullified

<<his intent

<<against [that of]

<<all

<<people.

The matter itself:

<<Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel,

<<and so

<<Rabbi Yitzchak said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<Oil of

<<olive —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree.”

<<What are the circumstances?

<<If you say

<<that he is

<<drinking

<<it —

<<as a drink,

<<harming,

<<it harms

<<him.

<<As it is taught:

<<One who drinks

<<oil

<<of

<<terumah

<<pays

<<the principal

<<and does not

<<pay

<<the fifth;

<<one who anoints with

<<oil

<<of

<<terumah

<<pays

<<the principal

<<and pays

<<the fifth.

Rather,

<<that he is

<<eating

<<it

<<by

<<means of

<<bread.

<<If so,

<<becomes

<<for him

<<the bread

<<the main thing,

<<and it

<<secondary.

<<And we learned:

<<This

<<is the rule:

<<anything

<<that is

<<the main thing

<<and with it

<<something secondary,

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the main thing

<<and exempts

<<the secondary!

<<Rather,

<<that he is

<<drinking

<<it

<<by

<<means of

<<“anigaron,”

<<for Rabbah bar Shmuel said:

<<“Anigaron”

<<is the water

<<of beets;

<<“ansigaron”

<<is the water