and turned

<<his tear

<<to his back,

<<and tore

<<a tear

<<another.

<<He said:

<<Rested

<<the soul

<<of Rav,

<<and the blessing of

<<food

<<not

<<have we learned!

<<Until

<<came

<<a certain

<<elder,

<<raised a contradiction

<<for them

<<the Mishnah

<<against the baraisa,

<<and resolved [it]

<<for them:

<<Since

<<they say

<<“Let us go

<<and eat

<<bread

<<in a place

<<such-and-such,”

<<like reclined

<<it is.

“If they reclined,

<<one

<<blesses.”

<<Rav said:

<<Not

<<did they teach [this]

<<except

<<bread,

<<which requires

<<reclining;

<<but

<<wine

<<does not

<<require

<<reclining.

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Even

<<wine

<<too

<<requires

<<reclining.

Some say:

<<Rav said:

<<Not

<<did they teach [this]

<<except

<<bread,

<<that is effective

<<for it

<<reclining;

<<but

<<wine —

<<not

<<is effective

<<for it

<<reclining.

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Even

<<wine

<<too

<<is effective

<<for it

<<reclining.

They raised an objection:

<<How is

<<the order of

<<reclining?

<<Guests

<<enter

<<and sit

<<upon

<<benches

<<and upon

<<chairs

<<until

<<have entered

<<all of them.

<<They brought

<<to them

<<water;

<<each and every one

<<washes

<<his hand,

<<one.

<<Came

<<to them

<<wine;

<<each and every one

<<blesses

<<for himself.

<<They went up

<<and reclined,

<<and came

<<to them

<<water:

<<even though

<<each and every one

<<washed

<<his hand,

<<one,

<<he goes back

<<and washes

<<both

<<his hands.

<<Came

<<to them

<<wine:

<<even though

<<each and every one

<<blessed

<<for himself,

<<one

<<blesses

<<for all of them.

According to that

<<version

<<in which said

<<Rav:

<<“Not

<<did they teach

<<except

<<bread,

<<which requires

<<reclining,

<<but

<<wine

<<does not

<<require

<<reclining,”

<<is difficult

<<the first clause!

Different are

<<guests,

<<for their intention is

<<to move on.

And according to that

<<version

<<in which said

<<Rav:

<<“Not

<<did they teach

<<except

<<bread,

<<that is effective

<<for it

<<reclining,

<<but

<<wine —

<<not

<<is effective

<<for it

<<reclining,”

<<is difficult

<<the latter clause!

It is different

<<there,

<<for since

<<it is effective

<<for him,

<<reclining,

<<for bread,

<<it is effective

<<for him,

<<reclining,

<<for wine.

“If came

<<to them

<<wine

<<during

<<the meal.”

<<They asked

<<Ben Zoma:

<<Because of

<<what

<<did they say:

<<If came

<<to them

<<wine

<<during

<<the meal,

<<each and every one

<<blesses

<<for himself;

<<after

<<the meal,

<<one

<<blesses

<<for all of them?

<<He said to them:

<<Since

<<is not

<<the throat

<<free.

“And he

<<says [the blessing]

<<over

<<the incense,

<<etc.”

<<From that it teaches

<<“and he

<<says

<<over

<<the incense,”

<<it follows

<<that there is [one]

<<superior

<<to him;

<<then why [he]?!

Since

<<he

<<washed

<<his hands

<<first

<<at the end [of the meal].

This supports

<<the view

<<of Rav,

<<for Rav Chiya bar Ashi said in the name of Rav:

<<One who washes

<<his hands

<<first

<<at the end —

<<he

<<is designated

<<for the blessing.

<<Rav

<<and Rabbi Chiya

<<were

<<sitting

<<before

<<Rebbi

<<at a meal.

<<Rebbi said to Rav:

<<Get up,

<<wash

<<your hand.

<<He saw him

<<that he was

<<trembling.

<<Rabbi Chiya said to him:

<<Son of

<<nobles,

<<review

<<the blessing of

<<food

<<he is saying

<<to you.

Rabbi Zeira said in the name of Rava bar Yirmiya:

<<From when

<<do they bless

<<over

<<the scent?

<<From when rises

<<its column of smoke.

<<Rabbi Zeira said to Rava bar Yirmiya:

<<But

<<not

<<has he smelled [yet]!

<<He said to him:

<<And according to your reasoning,

<<“Who brings forth

<<bread

<<from

<<the earth”

<<that he blesses —

<<but

<<not

<<has he eaten!

<<Rather,

<<his intention is

<<to eat;

<<here

<<too,

<<his intention is

<<to smell.

Said

<<Rabbi Chiya (son of Abba bar Nachmani)

<<in the name of

<<Rav Chisda

<<in the name of

<<Rav,

<<and some say it:

<<Rav Chisda said in the name of Zeiri:

<<All

<<the incenses —

<<they bless

<<over them

<<“Who creates

<<trees of

<<fragrance,”

<<except

<<for musk,

<<for of the kind

<<of an animal

<<it is,

<<for they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<fragrance.”

They raised an objection:

<<Not

<<do they bless

<<“Who creates

<<trees of

<<fragrance”

<<except

<<over

<<the balsam

<<of

<<the house of

<<Rebbi,

<<and over

<<the balsam

<<of

<<the house of

<<Caesar,

<<and over

<<the myrtle

<<that is in every

<<place!

A refutation.

Rav Chisda said to Rav Yitzchak:

<<This

<<oil

<<of balsam —

<<what

<<do they bless

<<over it?

<<He said to him:

<<Thus

<<Rav Yehuda said:

<<“Who creates

<<the oil of

<<our land.”

<<He said to him:

<<Apart

<<from

<<Rav Yehuda,

<<since is dear

<<to him

<<the Land of Israel —

<<for everyone else,

<<what?

He said to him:

<<Thus

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<“Who creates

<<oil

<<that is pleasant.”

Rav Adda bar Ahava said:

<<This

<<costus —

<<they bless

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<trees of

<<fragrance”;

<<but

<<oil

<<pressed [with it] —

<<no.

<<And Rav Kahana

<<said:

<<Even

<<oil

<<pressed [with it];

<<but

<<oil

<<ground [with it] —

<<no.

<<The Nehardeans

<<say:

<<Even

<<oil

<<ground [with it].