MISHNAH:

<<They brought

<<before him

<<a salted dish

<<first

<<and bread

<<with it —

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the salted dish

<<and exempts

<<the bread,

<<for the bread

<<is secondary

<<to it.

<<This is the rule:

<<Anything

<<that is

<<the main thing

<<and with it

<<something secondary,

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the main thing

<<and exempts

<<the secondary.

GEMARA:

<<And is

<<there

<<anything

<<where is

<<the salted dish

<<the main thing

<<and bread

<<secondary?

<<Rav Acha son of Rav Avira said in the name of Rav Ashi:

<<Concerning those who eat

<<the fruits of

<<Ginosar

<<they taught [this].

Rabbah bar bar Chana said:

<<When

<<would

<<we go

<<after

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<to eat

<<the fruits of

<<Ginosar,

<<when

<<we were

<<a group of

<<a hundred,

<<we would gather

<<for him,

<<for each and every one,

<<ten

<<apiece;

<<and when

<<we were

<<a group of

<<ten,

<<we would gather

<<for him,

<<each and every one,

<<a hundred

<<apiece.

<<And every

<<hundred

<<of them —

<<would

<<hold

<<them

<<a basket

<<of

<<three

<<se'ah;

<<and he would eat

<<them,

<<and he would swear

<<that not

<<had he tasted

<<food.

<<“Food” —

<<it enters your mind?!

<<Rather,

<<say:

<<“sustenance.”

Rabbi Abbahu

<<ate

<<until

<<would

<<slip

<<off him

<<a fly

<<from his forehead.

<<And Rav Ami

<<and Rav Assi

<<would

<<eat

<<until

<<fell out

<<their hair.

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish

<<would

<<eat

<<until

<<he lost his senses.

<<And would tell

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<the household of

<<the Nasi,

<<and would send

<<for him

<<Rabbi Yehuda Nesia

<<officers

<<after him,

<<and they would bring

<<him

<<to his house.

When

<<came

<<Rav Dimi,

<<he said:

<<A city

<<one

<<there was

<<to him,

<<to King Yannai,

<<on the King's Mountain,

<<that they would

<<take out

<<from it

<<sixty

<<myriads of

<<bowls of

<<salted fish

<<for the cutters of

<<figs

<<from the eve of

<<Shabbos

<<to the eve of

<<Shabbos.

When

<<came

<<Ravin,

<<he said:

<<A tree

<<one

<<there was

<<to him,

<<to King Yannai,

<<on the King's Mountain,

<<that they would

<<take down

<<from it

<<forty

<<se'ah of

<<fledglings

<<from three

<<broods

<<in a month.

<<When

<<came

<<Rabbi Yitzchak,

<<he said:

<<A city

<<one

<<there was

<<in the Land of Israel,

<<and Gufnis

<<was its name,

<<that there were

<<in it

<<eighty

<<pairs of

<<brothers

<<who were kohanim

<<married

<<to eighty

<<pairs of

<<sisters

<<who were daughters of kohanim.

<<And checked

<<the Rabbis

<<from Sura

<<and until

<<Neharde'a,

<<and not

<<did they find [such]

<<except

<<for the daughters

<<of Rav Chisda,

<<who were

<<married

<<to Rami bar Chama

<<and to Mar Ukva bar Chama.

<<And even though

<<they

<<were

<<daughters of kohanim,

<<they [the husbands]

<<not

<<were

<<kohanim.

Rav said:

<<Any

<<meal

<<that there is not

<<in it

<<salt

<<is not

<<a meal.

<<Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<Any

<<meal

<<that there is not

<<in it

<<a broth

<<is not

<<a meal.

MISHNAH:

<<If he ate

<<grapes

<<and figs

<<and pomegranates,

<<he blesses

<<after them

<<three

<<blessings —

<<the words of

<<Rabban Gamliel.

<<And the Sages

<<say:

<<A blessing

<<one,

<<a digest of

<<three.

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<Even

<<if he ate

<<a boiled vegetable

<<and it is

<<his meal,

<<he blesses

<<over it

<<three

<<blessings.

<<One who drinks

<<water

<<for his thirst

<<blesses

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word.”

<<Rabbi Tarfon

<<says:

<<“Who creates

<<many souls

<<and their needs.”

GEMARA:

<<What is the reason

<<of Rabban Gamliel?

<<As it is written:

<<“A land of

<<wheat

<<and barley,

<<etc.,”

<<and it is written:

<<“A land

<<in which

<<not

<<in scarcity

<<shall you eat

<<in it

<<bread,

<<etc.,”

<<and it is written:

<<“And you shall eat

<<and be satisfied,

<<and you shall bless

<<Hashem

<<your God.”

And the Rabbis:

<<“Land”

<<interrupted

<<the matter.

<<And Rabban Gamliel

<<too —

<<“land”

<<interrupted

<<the matter!

<<That one

<<he needs

<<it

<<to exclude

<<one who chews

<<the wheat [raw].

Rabbi Yaakov bar Idi said in the name of Rabbi Chanina:

<<Anything

<<that is

<<of the five

<<species —

<<at the beginning

<<he blesses

<<over it

<<“Who creates

<<kinds of

<<foods,”

<<and at the end

<<a blessing

<<one,

<<a digest of

<<three.

Rabbah bar Mari said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<Anything

<<that is

<<of the seven

<<species —

<<at the beginning

<<he blesses

<<“Who creates

<<the fruit of

<<the tree,”

<<and at the end

<<a blessing

<<one,

<<a digest of

<<three.

Abaye said to Rav Dimi:

<<What

<<is

<<“a blessing

<<one,

<<a digest of

<<three”?

<<He said to him:

<<Over fruits

<<of a tree:

<<“For

<<the tree

<<and for

<<the fruit of

<<the tree,

<<and for

<<the produce of

<<the field,

<<and for

<<a land

<<desirable,

<<good,

<<and spacious

<<that You gave as a heritage

<<to our fathers,

<<to eat

<<of its fruit

<<and to be satisfied

<<from its goodness.

<<Have mercy,

<<Hashem

<<our God,

<<on

<<Israel

<<Your people,

<<and on

<<Jerusalem

<<Your city,

<<and on

<<Your Sanctuary,

<<and on

<<Your altar.

<<And build

<<Jerusalem,

<<the city of

<<Your holiness,

<<speedily

<<in our days,

<<and bring us up

<<into it,

<<and gladden us

<<in it.

<<For

<<You

<<are good

<<and do good

<<to all.”

For the five

<<species:

<<“For

<<the sustenance

<<and for

<<the nourishment

<<and for

<<the produce of

<<the field,

<<etc.”

<<And he concludes:

<<“For

<<the land

<<and for

<<the sustenance.”

In concluding,

<<with what

<<does he conclude?

<<When

<<came

<<Rav Dimi,

<<he said:

<<Rav

<<would conclude

<<on Rosh Chodesh:

<<“Blessed is

<<He Who sanctifies

<<Israel

<<and the New Moons.”

<<Here,

<<what?

Rav Chisda

<<said:

<<“For

<<the land

<<and for

<<its fruits.”

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<“For

<<the land

<<and for

<<the fruits.”

<<Rav Amram said:

<<And not

<<do they disagree:

<<this

<<is for us,

<<and that

<<for them.

Objected

<<to it

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak:

<<They

<<eat,

<<and we

<<bless?!

<<Rather,

<<reverse it:

<<Rav Chisda

<<said:

<<“For

<<the land

<<and for

<<the fruits”;

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<“For

<<the land

<<and for

<<its fruits.”