but

<<where,

<<when

<<you take

<<the fruit,

<<there does not remain

<<the branch

<<that again

<<produces,

<<not

<<do we bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree,”

<<but

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the ground.”

“And over

<<all of them,

<<if

<<he said

<<‘that all,’

<<etc.”

<<It was stated:

<<Rav Huna

<<said:

<<Except

<<for

<<bread

<<and

<<wine.

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Even

<<bread

<<and wine.

Let us say

<<it is like tannaim:

<<If he saw

<<bread

<<and said:

<<“How

<<fine

<<bread

<<this is!

<<Blessed is

<<the Omnipresent

<<Who created it,”

<<he has fulfilled [his obligation].

<<If he saw

<<a fig

<<and said:

<<“How

<<fine

<<fig

<<this is!

<<Blessed is

<<the Omnipresent

<<Who created it,”

<<he has fulfilled —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Meir.

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<Anyone

<<who deviates

<<from the formula

<<that coined

<<the Sages

<<for blessings

<<has not

<<fulfilled

<<his obligation.

<<Let us say

<<Rav Huna

<<who said [his view]

<<is like Rabbi Yosei,

<<and Rabbi Yochanan

<<who said [his view]

<<is like Rabbi Meir?!

Can say

<<to you

<<Rav Huna:

<<I

<<that I said

<<even

<<according to Rabbi Meir —

<<thus far

<<not

<<does say

<<Rabbi Meir

<<there [anything]

<<except

<<where

<<he mentions

<<the name

<<of bread;

<<but

<<where

<<not

<<does he mention

<<the name

<<of bread,

<<even

<<Rabbi Meir

<<agrees.

And Rabbi Yochanan

<<can say

<<to you:

<<I

<<that I said

<<even

<<according to Rabbi Yosei —

<<thus far

<<not

<<does say

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<there [anything]

<<except

<<because

<<he said

<<a blessing

<<that did not

<<institute

<<the Rabbis;

<<but

<<if he said

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word,”

<<which instituted

<<the Rabbis,

<<even

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<agrees.

Binyamin

<<the shepherd

<<wrapped

<<bread

<<and said:

<<“Blessed is

<<the Master

<<of this

<<bread.”

<<Rav said:

<<He has fulfilled [his obligation].

<<But didn't Rav say:

<<Any

<<blessing

<<that does not have

<<in it

<<mention of

<<the Name

<<is not

<<a blessing!

<<He said:

<<“Blessed is

<<the Merciful One,

<<Master

<<of this

<<bread.”

But

<<we require

<<three

<<blessings?

<<What

<<“he has fulfilled”

<<that says

<<Rav

<<too [means]:

<<he has fulfilled

<<the obligation of

<<the blessing

<<first.

What

<<does it teach us?

<<Even though

<<he said it

<<in the language

<<of the mundane.

We have [already] learned it:

<<And these

<<are said

<<in any

<<language:

<<the passage of

<<the sotah,

<<the declaration of

<<tithes,

<<the Shema,

<<and prayer,

<<and Grace after Meals.

<<It was necessary:

<<it would enter your mind

<<to say:

<<these words apply

<<where he said it

<<in the language

<<of the mundane

<<just as

<<instituted it

<<the Rabbis

<<in the language

<<of holiness;

<<but

<<if not

<<he said it

<<in the language

<<of the mundane

<<just as

<<instituted it

<<the Rabbis

<<in the language

<<of holiness,

<<I would say

<<not;

<<it teaches us.

The matter itself:

<<Rav said:

<<Any

<<blessing

<<that does not have

<<in it

<<mention of

<<the Name

<<is not

<<a blessing.

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Any

<<blessing

<<that does not have

<<in it

<<kingship

<<is not

<<a blessing.

<<Abaye said:

<<Like

<<Rav

<<it is reasonable,

<<as it is taught:

<<“I have not

<<transgressed

<<Your commandments,

<<and I have not

<<forgotten”:

<<I have not

<<transgressed

<<from blessing You,

<<and I have not

<<forgotten

<<to mention

<<Your name

<<over it.

<<Whereas

<<kingship

<<not

<<does it teach.

And Rabbi Yochanan

<<teaches:

<<“And I have not

<<forgotten”

<<to mention

<<Your name

<<and Your kingship

<<over it.

MISHNAH:

<<And over

<<a thing

<<whose growth is not

<<from

<<the earth

<<he says

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

<<Over

<<vinegar,

<<and over

<<novelos,

<<and over

<<locusts,

<<he says

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<Anything

<<that is

<<a kind of

<<curse —

<<they do not

<<bless

<<over it.

If there were

<<before him

<<kinds

<<many,

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<If

<<there is

<<among them

<<a kind of

<<the seven,

<<over it

<<he

<<blesses.

<<And the Sages

<<say:

<<He blesses

<<over

<<whichever

<<of them

<<he wishes.

GEMARA:

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<Over

<<a thing

<<whose growth is not

<<from

<<the earth,

<<such as

<<the meat of

<<domestic animals,

<<wild animals,

<<and birds,

<<and fish,

<<he says

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

<<Over

<<milk,

<<and over

<<eggs,

<<and over

<<cheese,

<<he says

<<“that all.”

<<Over

<<bread

<<that has gone moldy,

<<and over

<<wine

<<that has soured,

<<and over

<<a cooked dish

<<that has lost

<<its form,

<<he says

<<“that all.”

<<Over

<<salt,

<<and over

<<brine,

<<and over

<<truffles

<<and mushrooms,

<<he says

<<“that all.”

<<Is this to say

<<that truffles

<<and mushrooms

<<are not

<<the growths of

<<the ground

<<they?

<<But is it not taught:

<<One who vows

<<from the fruits of

<<the earth

<<is forbidden

<<in the fruits of

<<the earth,

<<and permitted

<<in truffles

<<and mushrooms;

<<and if

<<he said:

<<“All

<<the growths of

<<the ground

<<are upon me,”

<<he is forbidden

<<even

<<in truffles

<<and mushrooms.

Abaye said:

<<To grow,

<<they grow

<<from the earth;

<<to draw nourishment,

<<not

<<do they draw it

<<from the earth.

But

<<“over

<<a thing

<<whose growth is not

<<from

<<the earth”

<<it teaches!

<<Teach:

<<over

<<a thing

<<that does not

<<draw nourishment

<<from

<<the earth.

“And over

<<the novelos”:

<<What are

<<novelos?

<<Rabbi Zeira

<<and Rabbi Ila.

<<One

<<said:

<<Burned

<<by the heat.

<<And one

<<said:

<<Dates

<<of the wind.

We learned:

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<Anything

<<that is

<<a kind of

<<curse —

<<they do not

<<bless

<<over it.

<<Granted,

<<according to the one

<<who said

<<burned

<<by the heat —

<<that is

<<why he calls

<<it

<<“a kind of

<<curse”;

<<but

<<according to the one

<<who said

<<dates

<<of the wind,

<<what

<<kind of

<<curse [is there]?

It refers to the rest.

There are

<<those who say:

<<Granted,

<<according to the one

<<who said

<<burned

<<by the heat —

<<that is

<<why we bless

<<over them

<<“that all.”

<<But

<<according to the one

<<who said

<<dates

<<of the wind —

<<“that all”?!

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree”

<<he needs

<<to bless!

Rather,

<<with novelos

<<unspecified,

<<everyone

<<does not

<<disagree

<<that burned

<<by the heat

<<they are.

<<When

<<they disagree

<<is about novelos

<<of the date palm,

<<as we learned:

<<The lenient ones

<<in demai:

<<the shitin,

<<and the rimin,

<<and the uzradin,

<<the benos

<<shuach,

<<and the benos

<<shikmah,

<<and gufnin,

<<and nitzpah,

<<and novelos

<<of the date palm.

Shitin —

<<Rabbah bar bar Chana said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<a kind of

<<figs.

<<Rimin —

<<lote fruit.

<<Uzradin —

<<crab apples.

<<Benos

<<shuach —

<<Rabbah bar bar Chana said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<figs

<<that are white.

<<Benos

<<shikmah —

<<Rabbah bar bar Chana said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<sycamore figs.

<<Gufnin —

<<the last of

<<the vines.

<<Nitzpah —

<<the caper fruit.

<<Novelos

<<of the date palm —

<<Rabbi Ila

<<and Rabbi Zeira:

<<one

<<said:

<<burned

<<by the heat;

<<and one

<<said:

<<dates

<<of the wind.

Granted,

<<according to the one

<<who said

<<burned

<<by the heat —

<<that is

<<why it teaches:

<<“the lenient ones

<<in demai” —

<<their doubtful ones

<<it is

<<that are exempt,

<<but

<<their certain ones

<<are obligated.

<<But

<<according to the one

<<who said

<<dates

<<of the wind —

<<their certain ones

<<are obligated?!

<<Ownerless property

<<they are!

Here,

<<with what

<<are we dealing?

<<Where he made them

<<into a pile.

<<For Rabbi Yitzchak said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov:

<<Gleanings,

<<and the forgotten sheaf,

<<and the corner [of the field]

<<that one made

<<into a pile

<<became fixed

<<for tithes.

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