Rav said:

<<“Take,

<<it is blessed;

<<take,

<<it is blessed” —

<<does not

<<need

<<to bless [again].

<<“Bring

<<salt,”

<<“bring

<<relish” —

<<he needs

<<to bless [again].

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Even

<<“Bring

<<salt,”

<<“bring

<<relish”

<<too —

<<does not

<<need

<<to bless [again];

<<“Mix

<<for the oxen,

<<mix

<<for the oxen” —

<<he needs

<<to bless [again].

<<And Rav Sheshes

<<said:

<<Even

<<“Mix

<<for the oxen”

<<too —

<<does not

<<need

<<to bless [again],

<<for Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav:

<<It is forbidden

<<for a person

<<to eat

<<before

<<he gives

<<food

<<to his animal,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And I will give

<<grass

<<in your field

<<for your cattle,”

<<and afterward

<<“and you shall eat

<<and be satisfied.”

Rava bar Shmuel said in the name of Rabbi Chiya:

<<Is not

<<the one who breaks

<<permitted

<<to break

<<until

<<they bring

<<salt

<<or

<<relish

<<before

<<each and every one.

<<Rava bar Shmuel

<<happened

<<to the house of

<<the Exilarch;

<<they brought out

<<for him

<<bread,

<<and he broke it

<<at once.

<<They said to him:

<<Has retracted

<<the Master

<<from his teaching?

<<He said to them:

<<Does not

<<this one

<<need

<<waiting.

And Rava bar Shmuel said in the name of Rabbi Chiya:

<<Does not

<<the water of

<<the feet

<<finish

<<except

<<while sitting.

<<Rav Kahana said:

<<And on soil

<<that is loose,

<<even

<<while standing.

<<And if

<<there is no

<<soil

<<that is loose,

<<let him stand

<<in a place

<<high

<<and urinate

<<into a place

<<sloping.

And Rava bar Shmuel said in the name of Rabbi Chiya:

<<After

<<all

<<your eating,

<<eat

<<salt,

<<and after

<<all

<<your drinking,

<<drink

<<water,

<<and not

<<will you

<<be harmed.

<<It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<After

<<all

<<your eating,

<<eat

<<salt,

<<and after

<<all

<<your drinking,

<<drink

<<water,

<<and not

<<will you

<<be harmed.

<<It is taught

<<another [baraisa]:

<<If he ate

<<any

<<food

<<and did not

<<eat

<<salt,

<<drank

<<any

<<drinks

<<and did not

<<drink

<<water —

<<by day

<<let him worry

<<about

<<the odor of

<<the mouth,

<<and by night

<<let him worry

<<because of

<<croup.

The Rabbis taught:

<<One who floats

<<his food

<<in water

<<does not

<<come

<<to

<<illness of

<<the intestines.

<<And how much?

<<Rav Chisda said:

<<A jug

<<per loaf.

Rav Mari said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<One who is accustomed

<<to lentils

<<once

<<in thirty

<<days

<<keeps away

<<croup

<<from within

<<his house.

<<But

<<every

<<day,

<<no.

<<What is the reason?

<<Because

<<it is bad

<<for the odor of

<<the mouth.

And Rav Mari said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<One who is accustomed

<<to mustard

<<once

<<in thirty

<<days

<<keeps away

<<illnesses

<<from within

<<his house.

<<But

<<every

<<day,

<<no.

<<What is the reason?

<<Because

<<it is bad

<<for weakness

<<of the heart.

Rav Chiya bar Ashi said in the name of Rav:

<<One who is accustomed

<<to fish

<<that are small

<<does not

<<come

<<to

<<illness of

<<the intestines.

<<And not

<<only that,

<<but

<<fish

<<that are small

<<make fruitful

<<and increase

<<and make healthy

<<all

<<the body

<<of

<<a person.

Rabbi Chama son of Rabbi Chanina said:

<<One who is accustomed

<<to black cumin

<<does not

<<come

<<to

<<pain of

<<the heart.

<<They raised an objection:

<<Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel

<<says:

<<Black cumin

<<is one

<<of sixty

<<drugs of

<<death

<<it is,

<<and one who sleeps

<<to the east of

<<its storehouse —

<<his blood

<<is on his head.

<<It is not difficult:

<<this

<<is with its odor,

<<this

<<with its taste.

<<The mother

<<of Rabbi Yirmiya

<<would bake

<<for him

<<bread,

<<and stick [cumin]

<<to it

<<and peel [it]

<<off it.

Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<herbs.”

<<Rabbi Zeira said,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Chinana bar Pappa:

<<There is no

<<halachah

<<like Rabbi Yehuda.

<<And Rabbi Zeira said,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Chinana bar Pappa:

<<What is

<<the reason

<<of Rabbi Yehuda?

<<Says

<<the verse:

<<“Blessed is

<<Hashem

<<day

<<by day.”

<<And is it that

<<by day

<<they bless

<<Him,

<<and at night

<<they do not

<<bless

<<Him?

<<Rather,

<<to tell

<<you:

<<each

<<day

<<and day

<<give

<<Him

<<[praise] befitting

<<its blessings;

<<here

<<too,

<<each

<<kind

<<and kind —

<<give

<<Him

<<[a blessing] befitting

<<its blessings.

And Rabbi Zeira said,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Chinana bar Pappa:

<<Come

<<and see

<<that not

<<like the way of

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<is the way of

<<flesh

<<and blood.

<<The way of

<<flesh

<<and blood:

<<a vessel

<<that is empty

<<holds,

<<a full one

<<does not

<<hold.

<<But

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<is not

<<so:

<<a full one

<<holds,

<<an empty one

<<does not

<<hold.

<<As it is stated:

<<“And He said:

<<If

<<listening

<<you will listen” —

<<if

<<you listen,

<<you will listen;

<<and if

<<not,

<<not

<<will you listen.

<<Another explanation:

<<If

<<you listen

<<to the old,

<<you will listen

<<to the new;

<<and if

<<turns away

<<your heart,

<<again

<<not

<<will you listen.

MISHNAH:

<<If he blessed

<<over

<<the fruits of

<<the tree

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground,”

<<he has fulfilled [his obligation].

<<And over

<<the fruits of

<<the earth

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree” —

<<he has not

<<fulfilled.

<<And over

<<all of them,

<<if

<<he said

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word,”

<<he has fulfilled.

GEMARA:

<<Who is

<<the tanna

<<that the root of

<<a tree

<<the earth

<<it is?!

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said:

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<it is,

<<as we learned:

<<If dried up

<<the spring

<<or was cut down

<<the tree,

<<he brings [the first fruits]

<<but does not

<<recite.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<He brings

<<and recites.

“Over

<<the fruits of

<<the earth,

<<etc.”

<<It is obvious!

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said:

<<It was not

<<needed

<<except

<<for Rabbi Yehuda,

<<who says

<<wheat

<<a kind of

<<tree

<<it is.

<<As it is taught:

<<The tree

<<that ate

<<from it

<<the first man —

<<Rabbi Meir

<<says:

<<A grapevine

<<it was,

<<for there is not

<<for you

<<a thing

<<that brings

<<wailing

<<upon

<<a person

<<except

<<wine,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And he drank

<<of

<<the wine

<<and became drunk.”

<<Rabbi Nechemya

<<says:

<<A fig

<<it was,

<<for by the thing

<<that they were ruined

<<by it

<<they were repaired,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And they sewed

<<the leaf of

<<a fig.”

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<Wheat

<<it was,

<<for does not

<<the child

<<know

<<to call

<<“Father”

<<and “Mother”

<<until

<<he tastes

<<the taste of

<<grain.

It would enter your mind

<<to say:

<<since Rabbi Yehuda said

<<wheat

<<a kind of

<<tree

<<it is,

<<let him bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree”;

<<it teaches us:

<<where

<<do we bless

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree”?

<<Where,

<<when

<<you take

<<the fruit,

<<there remains

<<the branch,

<<and again

<<it produces;