of all

<<the boiled vegetables.

If so,

<<becomes

<<for him

<<the anigaron

<<the main thing

<<and the oil

<<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!

Here

<<with what

<<are we dealing?

<<With one who suffers

<<in his throat.

<<As it is taught:

<<One who suffers

<<in his throat

<<should not

<<gargle it

<<with oil

<<at the outset

<<on Shabbos;

<<but

<<he puts

<<oil —

<<a lot —

<<into

<<anigaron

<<and swallows.

Obvious!

<<What

<<would you say?

<<Since

<<it is for healing

<<that he

<<intends,

<<let him not

<<bless

<<over it

<<at all;

<<it teaches us:

<<since

<<there is

<<for him

<<benefit

<<from it,

<<he needs

<<to bless.

Flour

<<of wheat —

<<Rav Yehuda

<<said:

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground”;

<<and Rav Nachman

<<said:

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

Rava said to Rav Nachman:

<<Do not

<<dispute

<<against him,

<<Rav Yehuda,

<<for Rabbi Yochanan

<<and Shmuel

<<stand

<<with him.

<<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.”

<<Apparently:

<<even though

<<it has changed,

<<in its status

<<it stands.

<<This

<<too:

<<even though

<<it has changed,

<<in its status

<<it stands.

Is it

<<comparable?

<<There

<<there is not

<<for it

<<an improvement

<<beyond that;

<<here

<<there is

<<for it

<<an improvement

<<beyond that —

<<in bread.

And when

<<there is

<<for it

<<an improvement

<<beyond that,

<<not

<<do we bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground,”

<<but rather

<<“that all …”?

<<But didn't Rabbi Zeira say in the name of Rav Masna in the name of Shmuel:

<<Over squash

<<that is raw

<<and flour

<<of barley

<<we bless

<<over them

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

<<What,

<<is it not that

<<for wheat [one says]

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground”!

No;

<<for wheat

<<too

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

Then let him teach us

<<wheat,

<<and all

<<the more so

<<barley!

If

<<he had taught us

<<wheat,

<<I would have said:

<<this applies

<<to wheat,

<<but

<<barley —

<<let him not

<<bless

<<over it

<<at all;

<<it teaches us.

And is it

<<inferior

<<to salt

<<and brine,

<<as we learned:

<<over

<<the salt

<<and over

<<the brine

<<he says

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word”?

<<It was necessary:

<<it would enter your mind

<<to say:

<<salt

<<and brine

<<does

<<a person

<<throw

<<into his mouth;

<<but

<<flour

<<of barley,

<<since

<<it is harmful,

<<[causing] worms,

<<let him not

<<bless

<<over it

<<at all;

<<it teaches us:

<<since

<<there is

<<for him

<<benefit

<<from it,

<<he needs

<<to bless.

Heart of palm —

<<Rav Yehuda

<<said:

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground”;

<<and Shmuel

<<said:

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

Rav Yehuda

<<said

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground”:

<<a fruit

<<it is.

<<And Shmuel

<<said

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word”:

<<since

<<its end is

<<to harden.

Shmuel said to Rav Yehuda:

<<Shinnana,

<<like you

<<it stands to reason,

<<for behold

<<the radish —

<<its end is

<<to harden,

<<and we bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground.”

<<But it

<<is not so:

<<a radish —

<<plant [it]

<<people

<<with the intent

<<of the [soft] radish;

<<a palm —

<<not

<<do plant [it]

<<people

<<with the intent

<<of the heart of palm.

And any

<<case

<<where not

<<do plant [it]

<<people

<<with the intent

<<of this,

<<not

<<do we bless

<<over it?

<<But behold

<<the caper bush,

<<which plant

<<people

<<with the intent

<<of its blossom,

<<and we learned:

<<over

<<the products of

<<the caper bush:

<<over

<<the leaves

<<and over

<<the young shoots

<<he says

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground,”

<<and over

<<the berries

<<and over

<<the buds

<<he says

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree.”

Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said:

<<A caper bush —

<<plant [it]

<<people

<<with the intent

<<of the shoots;

<<a palm —

<<not

<<do plant [it]

<<people

<<with the intent

<<of the heart of palm.

<<And even though

<<praised

<<Shmuel

<<Rav Yehuda,

<<the halachah

<<is like him —

<<like Shmuel.

Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav:

<<A caper bush

<<of

<<orlah

<<outside the Land —

<<one throws away

<<the berries

<<and eats

<<the buds.

<<That is to say

<<that berries

<<are fruit

<<and buds

<<are not

<<fruit?

<<And they contrasted it:

<<over

<<the products of

<<the caper bush:

<<over

<<the leaves

<<and over

<<the young shoots

<<he says

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground,”

<<and over

<<the berries

<<and over

<<the buds

<<he says

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree”!

He

<<said it

<<like Rabbi Akiva.

<<As we learned:

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<A caper bush

<<is tithed —

<<the young shoots,

<<and the berries,

<<and the buds.

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<Not

<<is tithed

<<except

<<the berries

<<alone,

<<because

<<it

<<is fruit.

But let him say:

<<“The halachah

<<is like Rabbi Akiva”!

<<If

<<he had said

<<the halachah

<<is like Rabbi Akiva,

<<I would have said:

<<even

<<in the Land;

<<it teaches us:

<<anyone

<<who is lenient

<<in the Land,

<<the halachah

<<is like him

<<outside the Land,

<<but

<<in the Land

<<not.

But let him say:

<<“The halachah

<<is like Rabbi Akiva

<<outside the Land,”

<<for anyone

<<who is lenient

<<in the Land,

<<the halachah

<<is like him

<<outside the Land!

<<If

<<he had said

<<so,

<<I would have said:

<<this applies

<<with regard to

<<the tithe of

<<trees,

<<for in the Land

<<itself

<<it is Rabbinic;

<<but

<<with regard to

<<orlah,

<<which in the Land

<<is from the Torah,

<<say:

<<outside the Land

<<too

<<let us decree;

<<it teaches us.

Ravina

<<found

<<Mar bar Rav Ashi

<<as he was

<<throwing away

<<berries

<<and eating

<<buds.

<<He said to him:

<<What

<<is your view?

<<Like Rabbi Akiva,

<<who is lenient?

<<Then let act

<<the Master

<<like Beis Shammai,

<<who are lenient

<<more!

<<As we learned:

<<A caper bush —

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<diverse kinds

<<in a vineyard;

<<and Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<not

<<diverse kinds

<<in a vineyard.

<<These

<<and these

<<agree

<<that it is obligated

<<in orlah.

This

<<itself

<<is difficult:

<<you said:

<<a caper bush —

<<Beis Shammai

<<say

<<diverse kinds

<<in a vineyard;

<<apparently

<<a kind of

<<vegetable

<<it is.

<<And then

<<he teaches:

<<These

<<and these

<<agree

<<that it is obligated

<<in orlah;

<<apparently

<<a kind of

<<tree

<<it is!

This

<<is not difficult:

<<Beis Shammai

<<uncertain,

<<it is in doubt

<<for them,

<<and they act

<<here

<<stringently

<<and here

<<stringently.

<<In any case,

<<for Beis Shammai

<<it is

<<for it

<<a doubt of

<<orlah,

<<and we learned:

<<A doubt of

<<orlah

<<in the Land of

<<Israel

<<is forbidden,

<<and in Syria

<<is permitted;

<<and outside the Land

<<he goes down