like thick loaves,

<<they are obligated;

<<like boards,

<<they are exempt.

<<Abaye said to Rav Yosef:

<<This

<<hollow

<<in the ground —

<<what

<<do they bless

<<over it?

<<He said to him:

<<Do

<<you think

<<bread

<<it is?!

<<Kneaded dough

<<merely

<<it is,

<<and they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods.”

Mar Zutra

<<fixed

<<his meal

<<on it,

<<and blessed

<<over it

<<“Who brings forth

<<bread

<<from

<<the earth,”

<<and three

<<blessings.

Mar bar Rav Ashi said:

<<And a person

<<fulfills

<<with them

<<his obligation

<<on Pesach.

<<What is the reason?

<<“Bread

<<of affliction”

<<we call

<<it.

And Mar bar Rav Ashi said:

<<This

<<honey

<<of dates —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

<<What is the reason?

<<Sweat

<<merely

<<it is.

Like whom?

<<Like

<<this

<<tanna,

<<as we learned:

<<Honey of

<<dates,

<<and wine of

<<apples,

<<and vinegar of

<<late grapes,

<<and the rest of

<<the juices of

<<fruits

<<of

<<terumah —

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<obligates [one in]

<<the principal

<<and the fifth,

<<and Rabbi Yehoshua

<<exempts.

Said to him

<<a certain one

<<of the Rabbis

<<to Rava:

<<Terima —

<<what is it?

<<Not

<<was it

<<in the mind

<<of Rava

<<what

<<he was saying

<<to him.

<<Was sitting

<<Ravina

<<before

<<Rava;

<<he said to him:

<<Of sesame

<<are you speaking,

<<or

<<of safflower

<<are you speaking,

<<or

<<of grape pits

<<are you speaking?

Meanwhile,

<<brought it up

<<Rava

<<to his mind;

<<he said to him:

<<Pounded [dates]

<<certainly

<<you are speaking of,

<<and you have reminded me

<<of a matter,

<<this

<<that Rav Assi said:

<<These

<<dates

<<of

<<terumah —

<<it is permitted

<<to make

<<from them

<<terima,

<<and forbidden

<<to make

<<from them

<<beer.

<<And the halachah:

<<dates

<<that one made

<<into terima —

<<they bless

<<over them

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree.”

<<What is the reason?

<<In their status

<<they remain,

<<as at the beginning.

Shesisa —

<<Rav

<<said:

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word”;

<<and Shmuel

<<said:

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods.”

Rav Chisda said:

<<And not

<<do they disagree:

<<this

<<is with thick,

<<this

<<with thin.

<<Thick —

<<for eating

<<they make

<<it;

<<thin —

<<for healing

<<they make

<<it.

Raised an objection

<<Rav Yosef:

<<And they agree

<<that one may stir

<<the shesisa

<<on Shabbos

<<and drink

<<zisom

<<of Egypt.

<<And if

<<it enters your mind

<<that for healing

<<he intends,

<<is healing

<<on Shabbos

<<permitted?!

Abaye said to him:

<<And you —

<<do you not

<<think so?

<<But didn't we learn:

<<All

<<the foods —

<<may eat

<<a person

<<for healing

<<on Shabbos,

<<and all

<<the drinks

<<he drinks.

<<Rather,

<<what

<<is there

<<for you

<<to say?

<<The man

<<for eating

<<intends;

<<so

<<too

<<the man

<<for eating

<<intends.

A version,

<<another:

<<Rather,

<<what

<<is there

<<for you

<<to say?

<<The man

<<for eating

<<intends,

<<and healing

<<by itself

<<comes about;

<<so

<<too,

<<for eating

<<he intends,

<<and healing

<<by itself

<<comes about.

And it is necessary —

<<[the ruling] of Rav

<<and Shmuel.

<<For if

<<from this [case],

<<I would have said:

<<for eating

<<he intends

<<and healing

<<by itself

<<comes about;

<<but

<<here,

<<since

<<at the outset

<<for healing

<<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.

“For over

<<the bread

<<he

<<says

<<‘Hamotzi,’

<<etc.”

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<What

<<does he

<<say?

<<“Who brings forth (hamotzi)

<<bread

<<from

<<the earth.”

<<Rabbi Nechemya

<<says:

<<“Brought forth (motzi)

<<bread

<<from

<<the earth.”

<<Rava said:

<<About “motzi”

<<everyone

<<does not

<<disagree

<<that ‘He brought out’

<<it implies,

<<as it is written:

<<“God

<<brought them out

<<of Egypt.”

<<When

<<they disagree

<<is about “hamotzi”:

<<the Rabbis

<<hold

<<“hamotzi”

<<that ‘He brought out’

<<it implies,

<<as it is written:

<<“Who brought forth

<<for you

<<water

<<from the rock

<<of flint”;

<<and Rabbi Nechemya

<<holds

<<“hamotzi”

<<that ‘He brings out’

<<it implies,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Who brings out

<<you

<<from under

<<the burdens of

<<Egypt.”

And the Rabbis?

<<That one —

<<thus

<<is saying

<<to them

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<to Israel:

<<When

<<I bring out

<<you,

<<I will do

<<for you

<<a thing

<<so that

<<you will know

<<that I

<<am the one

<<who brought out

<<you

<<from Egypt;

<<as it is written:

<<“And you shall know

<<that

<<I

<<am Hashem

<<your God,

<<Who brought out.”

Were praising

<<him —

<<the Rabbis

<<to Rabbi Zeira —

<<[the] son of

<<Rav Zevid,

<<brother

<<of Rabbi Shmuel bar Rav Zevid,

<<that a man

<<great

<<he is

<<and expert

<<in blessings

<<he is.

<<He said to them:

<<When he comes

<<into your hands,

<<bring him

<<into my hands.

<<One time

<<he happened

<<by him;

<<they brought out

<<for him

<<bread;

<<he opened

<<and said

<<“Motzi.”

<<He said:

<<This

<<is he

<<that they say

<<about him

<<that a man

<<great

<<he is

<<and expert

<<in blessings

<<he is?!

<<It is well

<<if

<<he had said

<<“Hamotzi” —