Is lacking

<<for it

<<the measure.

He said to him:

<<Do

<<you think

<<an olive's bulk

<<that is large

<<do we require?

<<An olive's bulk

<<that is medium

<<we require,

<<(and there is one),

<<and that one

<<that they brought

<<before

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<an olive

<<large

<<it was,

<<for even though

<<they removed

<<its pit,

<<there remained

<<for it

<<the measure.

As we learned:

<<The olive

<<that they spoke of —

<<not

<<small

<<and not

<<large,

<<but

<<medium,

<<and this is

<<“the eguri.”

<<And Rabbi Abbahu said:

<<Not

<<“eguri”

<<is its name,

<<but

<<“ivroti”

<<is its name,

<<and some say

<<it:

<<“simrosi”

<<is its name.

<<And why

<<is called

<<its name

<<“eguri”?

<<Because its oil

<<is stored

<<within it.

Let us say

<<it is like tannaim:

<<for those

<<two

<<students

<<who were

<<sitting

<<before

<<Bar Kappara.

<<They brought

<<before him

<<cabbage,

<<and Damascene plums,

<<and fattened chickens.

<<Gave

<<Bar Kappara

<<permission

<<to one

<<of them

<<to bless;

<<he jumped up

<<and blessed

<<over

<<the chickens.

<<Mocked

<<at him

<<his fellow.

<<Became angry

<<Bar Kappara;

<<he said:

<<Not

<<at

<<the one who blessed

<<am I

<<angry,

<<but

<<at

<<the one who mocked

<<am I

<<angry.

<<If

<<your fellow

<<is like

<<one

<<who has not

<<tasted

<<the taste of

<<meat

<<ever,

<<you —

<<over

<<what

<<did you mock

<<him?

<<He went back

<<and said:

<<Not

<<at

<<the one who mocked

<<am I

<<angry,

<<but

<<at

<<the one who blessed

<<am I

<<angry.

<<And he said:

<<If

<<wisdom

<<there is not

<<here,

<<old age

<<is there not

<<here?!

It was taught:

<<And both of them

<<did not

<<complete

<<their year.

What,

<<is it not

<<in this

<<that they disagree:

<<that the one who blessed

<<holds

<<boiled vegetables

<<and chickens

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word,”

<<therefore

<<the beloved

<<is preferable;

<<and the one who mocked

<<holds

<<boiled vegetables

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground,”

<<chickens

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word,”

<<therefore

<<the fruit

<<is preferable?

No;

<<for everyone,

<<boiled vegetables

<<and chickens

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word,”

<<and here

<<in this

<<reasoning

<<they disagree:

<<one master

<<holds

<<the beloved

<<is preferable,

<<and one master

<<holds

<<cabbage

<<is preferable,

<<for it nourishes.

Rabbi Zeira said:

<<When

<<we were

<<at the house of

<<Rav Huna,

<<he said

<<to us:

<<These

<<heads

<<of turnip —

<<if one cut them

<<in pieces

<<large,

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground”;

<<in pieces

<<small,

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

<<And when

<<we came

<<to the house of

<<Rav Yehuda,

<<he said

<<to us:

<<This

<<and that —

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground,”

<<and that

<<he cut them

<<more

<<is so that

<<will be sweetened

<<its taste.

Rav Ashi said:

<<When

<<we were

<<at the house of

<<Rav Kahana,

<<he said

<<to us:

<<A dish

<<of beets,

<<where not

<<do they add much

<<to it

<<flour —

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground.”

<<Of turnip,

<<where they add much

<<to it

<<flour

<<more —

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods.”

<<And he went back

<<and said:

<<This

<<and that —

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground,”

<<and this

<<that one throws

<<into it

<<flour

<<more —

<<for binding

<<merely

<<they do

<<it.

Rav Chisda said:

<<A dish

<<of

<<beets

<<is good

<<for the heart,

<<and good

<<for the eyes,

<<and all the more so

<<for the intestines.

<<Abaye said:

<<And that is

<<when it sits

<<on

<<the stove

<<and makes

<<“tukh tukh.”

Rav Pappa said:

<<It is obvious

<<to me:

<<the water

<<of beets

<<is like beets,

<<and the water

<<of turnips

<<is like turnips,

<<and the water

<<of all

<<boiled vegetables

<<is like all

<<boiled vegetables.

<<Asked

<<Rav Pappa:

<<The water

<<of dill —

<<what?

<<To sweeten

<<the taste

<<do they use it,

<<or

<<to remove

<<the foul residue

<<do they use

<<it?

Come and hear:

<<Dill,

<<once it has given

<<taste

<<in the pot —

<<there is not

<<in it

<<the status of

<<terumah,

<<and it does not

<<become impure

<<with the impurity of

<<foods.

<<Learn from it:

<<to sweeten

<<the taste

<<they use

<<it.

<<Learn from it.

Rav Chiya bar Ashi said:

<<Bread

<<that is dry

<<in a bowl —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Hamotzi.”

<<And it disagrees

<<with Rabbi Chiya,

<<for Rabbi Chiya said:

<<It is necessary

<<that should finish

<<the blessing

<<together with

<<the bread.

Objected

<<to it

<<Rava:

<<What

<<is different

<<about dry bread

<<that it is not [so]?

<<Because

<<when

<<finishes

<<the blessing,

<<on a slice

<<it finishes?

<<With

<<a loaf

<<too,

<<when

<<it finishes,

<<on a slice

<<it finishes!