Rather,

<<Rava said:

<<He blesses

<<and afterward

<<he breaks [the bread].

The Nehardeans

<<act

<<like Rabbi Chiya,

<<and the Rabbis

<<act

<<like Rava.

<<Ravina said:

<<Told

<<me

<<my mother:

<<Your father

<<acted

<<like Rabbi Chiya,

<<for Rabbi Chiya said:

<<It is necessary

<<that should finish

<<the blessing

<<together with

<<the bread.

<<And the Rabbis

<<act

<<like Rava.

<<And the halachah is

<<like Rava,

<<who said:

<<He blesses

<<and afterward

<<he breaks.

It was stated:

<<They brought

<<before them

<<pieces

<<and whole loaves —

<<Rav Huna said:

<<He blesses

<<over

<<the pieces

<<and exempts

<<the whole ones.

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<The whole one —

<<is the mitzvah

<<at its choicest.

<<But

<<a slice

<<of

<<wheat

<<and a whole one

<<of

<<barley —

<<all agree:

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the slice

<<of

<<wheat,

<<and exempts

<<the whole one

<<of

<<barley.

Rabbi Yirmiya bar Abba said:

<<It is like tannaim:

<<One separates terumah

<<with an onion

<<small

<<and whole,

<<but

<<not

<<half

<<an onion

<<large.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<Not

<<so,

<<but rather

<<half

<<an onion

<<large.

<<What,

<<is it not

<<in this

<<that they disagree:

<<that one master

<<holds

<<the important

<<is preferable,

<<and one master

<<holds

<<the whole

<<is preferable?

Where

<<there is

<<a kohen,

<<everyone

<<does not

<<disagree

<<that the important

<<is preferable.

<<When

<<they disagree

<<is where there is no

<<kohen.

<<As we learned:

<<Every

<<place

<<where there is

<<a kohen,

<<he separates terumah

<<from

<<the best;

<<and every

<<place

<<where there is no

<<kohen,

<<he separates terumah

<<from

<<what keeps.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<One does not

<<separate terumah

<<except

<<from

<<the best.

Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said:

<<And one who fears

<<Heaven

<<fulfills

<<the obligation of

<<both.

<<And who is he?

<<Mar son of Ravina,

<<for Mar son of Ravina

<<places

<<a slice

<<within

<<the whole one

<<and breaks.

Taught

<<a tanna

<<before

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak:

<<He places

<<the slice

<<within

<<the whole one

<<and breaks

<<and blesses.

<<He said to him:

<<What

<<is your name?

<<He said to him:

<<Shalman.

<<He said to him:

<<Peace

<<you are,

<<and whole

<<is your mishnah,

<<for you have placed

<<peace

<<between

<<the students.

Rav Pappa said:

<<All

<<agree

<<about Pesach

<<that he places

<<a slice

<<within

<<a whole one

<<and breaks.

<<What is the reason?

<<“Bread

<<of affliction”

<<is written.

Rabbi Abba said:

<<And on Shabbos

<<is obligated

<<a person

<<to break [bread]

<<over

<<two

<<loaves.

<<What is the reason?

<<“Bread

<<double”

<<is written.

Rav Ashi said:

<<I saw

<<Rav Kahana

<<that he takes

<<two

<<and breaks

<<one.

<<Rabbi Zeira

<<would

<<break [a slice]

<<for the whole

<<meal.

<<Ravina said to Rav Ashi:

<<But

<<it looks

<<like gluttony!

<<He said [to him]:

<<Since

<<every

<<day

<<not

<<does he do

<<so,

<<and now

<<he does,

<<not

<<does it look

<<like gluttony.

Rav Ami

<<and Rav Assi,

<<when

<<there would

<<happen

<<to them

<<bread

<<of an eruv,

<<they would bless

<<over it

<<“Who brings forth

<<bread

<<from

<<the earth.”

<<They said:

<<Since

<<has been done

<<with it

<<a mitzvah

<<one,

<<let us do

<<with it

<<a mitzvah

<<another.