Rav Yitzchak bar Avdimi said in the name of our teacher (Rav):

<<Over

<<the egg

<<and over

<<kinds of

<<meat,

<<at the beginning

<<he blesses

<<“that all,”

<<and at the end

<<“Who creates

<<many souls,

<<etc.”

<<But

<<vegetables,

<<no.

<<And Rabbi Yitzchak

<<said:

<<Even

<<vegetables;

<<but

<<water,

<<no.

<<And Rav Pappa

<<said:

<<Even

<<water.

Mar Zutra

<<acted

<<like Rav Yitzchak bar Avdimi,

<<and Rav Shimi bar Ashi

<<acted

<<like Rabbi Yitzchak.

<<And your mnemonic:

<<one

<<like two,

<<and two

<<like one.

Rav Ashi said:

<<I,

<<at a time

<<that when

<<I remember,

<<I act

<<like all of them.

We learned:

<<Anything

<<that requires

<<a blessing

<<after it

<<requires

<<a blessing

<<before it;

<<and there is

<<that which requires

<<a blessing

<<before it

<<and does not

<<require

<<a blessing

<<after it.

<<Granted,

<<according to Rav Yitzchak bar Avdimi,

<<to exclude

<<vegetables;

<<according to Rabbi Yitzchak,

<<to exclude

<<water.

<<But

<<according to Rav Pappa,

<<to exclude

<<what?

To exclude

<<mitzvos.

And for the people of

<<the West,

<<who after

<<they remove

<<their tefillin

<<bless

<<“Who

<<has sanctified us

<<with His mitzvos

<<and commanded us

<<to keep

<<His statutes” —

<<to exclude

<<what?

To exclude

<<fragrances.

Rabbi Yannai said in the name of Rebbi:

<<Anything

<<that is

<<the size of an egg —

<<an egg

<<is better

<<than it.

<<When

<<came

<<Ravin,

<<he said:

<<Better is

<<an egg

<<lightly cooked

<<than six

<<measures of

<<fine flour.

<<When

<<came

<<Rav Dimi,

<<he said:

<<Better is

<<an egg

<<lightly cooked

<<than six;

<<roasted —

<<than four;

<<cooked —

<<anything

<<that is

<<the size of an egg,

<<an egg

<<is better

<<than it,

<<apart

<<from meat.

“Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<Even

<<if he ate

<<a boiled vegetable,

<<etc.”:

<<And is

<<there

<<anything

<<where is

<<a boiled vegetable

<<a meal?

<<Rav Ashi said:

<<Concerning a stalk

<<of

<<cabbage

<<they taught [this].

The Rabbis taught:

<<Spleen

<<is good

<<for the teeth

<<and harsh

<<for the intestines.

<<Leeks

<<are harsh

<<for the teeth

<<and good

<<for the intestines.

<<Any

<<vegetable

<<raw

<<makes pale;

<<and anything

<<small

<<stunts;

<<and any

<<living creature [eaten whole]

<<restores

<<the soul;

<<and anything

<<close

<<to the soul

<<restores

<<the soul.

<<Cabbage

<<for sustenance,

<<and beets

<<for healing.

<<Woe

<<to it,

<<to the house

<<that the turnip

<<passes

<<through it.

Said

<<the Master:

<<Spleen

<<is good

<<for the teeth

<<and harsh

<<for the intestines.

<<What is

<<his remedy?

<<Let him chew it

<<and spit it out.

Leeks

<<are harsh

<<for the teeth

<<and good

<<for the intestines.

<<What is

<<his remedy?

<<Let him boil them

<<and swallow them.

“Any

<<vegetable

<<raw

<<makes pale”:

<<Rabbi Yitzchak said:

<<At the meal

<<first

<<of

<<after

<<bloodletting.

And Rabbi Yitzchak said:

<<Anyone

<<who eats

<<vegetables

<<before

<<four

<<hours [of the day] —

<<it is forbidden

<<to converse

<<with him.

<<What is the reason?

<<Because of

<<the odor.

<<And Rabbi Yitzchak said:

<<It is forbidden

<<for a person

<<that he eat

<<vegetables

<<raw

<<before

<<four

<<hours.

Ameimar

<<and Mar Zutra

<<and Rav Ashi

<<were

<<sitting;

<<they brought

<<before them

<<vegetables

<<raw

<<before

<<four

<<hours.

<<Ameimar

<<and Rav Ashi

<<ate,

<<and Mar Zutra

<<did not

<<eat.

<<They said to him:

<<What is

<<your thinking?

<<For Rabbi Yitzchak said:

<<Anyone

<<who eats

<<vegetables

<<before

<<four

<<hours —

<<it is forbidden

<<to converse

<<with him

<<because of

<<the odor?

<<But

<<we,

<<who are eating,

<<and yet

<<you are conversing

<<with us!

He said to them:

<<I

<<like the other [teaching]

<<of Rabbi Yitzchak

<<hold,

<<for Rabbi Yitzchak said:

<<It is forbidden

<<for a person

<<that he eat

<<vegetables

<<raw

<<before

<<four

<<hours.

“Anything

<<small

<<stunts”:

<<Rav Chisda said:

<<Even

<<a kid

<<worth

<<a zuz.

<<And not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<where there is not

<<in it

<<a quarter [of its growth];

<<but

<<[if] there is

<<in it

<<a quarter,

<<we have no objection to it.

“Any

<<living creature

<<restores

<<the soul”:

<<Rav Pappa said:

<<Even

<<small fish

<<of the reeds.

“Anything

<<that is close

<<to the soul

<<restores

<<the soul”:

<<Rav Acha bar Yaakov said:

<<The neck.

<<Rava said

<<to his attendant:

<<When

<<you bring

<<me

<<a piece

<<of meat,

<<make the effort

<<and bring

<<me

<<from where

<<it is close

<<to the place of

<<“Blessed.”

“Cabbage

<<for sustenance

<<and beets

<<for healing.”

<<Cabbage

<<for sustenance

<<yes,

<<and for healing

<<no?

<<But is it not taught:

<<Six

<<things

<<heal

<<the sick person

<<of his illness,

<<and their healing

<<is a [true] healing,

<<and these are they:

<<cabbage,

<<and beets,

<<and the water of

<<sisin,

<<honey,

<<and the stomach,

<<and the womb,

<<and the lobe of

<<the liver!

<<Rather,

<<say:

<<“Cabbage

<<also

<<for sustenance.”

“Woe

<<to it,

<<to the house

<<that the turnip

<<passes

<<through it”:

<<Is that so?!

<<But

<<Rava said

<<to his attendant:

<<When

<<you see

<<turnips

<<in the marketplace,

<<do not

<<say

<<to me:

<<“With what

<<will you wrap [lit. eat]

<<bread?”

Abaye said:

<<Without

<<meat.

<<And Rava

<<said:

<<Without

<<wine.

<<It was stated:

<<Rav

<<said:

<<Without

<<meat;

<<and Shmuel

<<said:

<<Without

<<wood;

<<and Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Without

<<wine.

Rava said to Rav Pappa:

<<Brewer!

<<We

<<break

<<it

<<with meat

<<and wine;

<<you,

<<who do not

<<have much

<<for you

<<wine,

<<with what

<<do you break

<<it?

<<He said to him:

<<With wood,

<<like

<<this one:

<<the wife

<<of Rav Pappa,

<<after

<<she cooks

<<it,

<<breaks

<<it

<<with eighty

<<sticks

<<of Persian [palm].

The Rabbis taught:

<<A fish

<<small

<<and salted —

<<sometimes

<<it

<<kills:

<<on the seventh,

<<on the seventeenth,

<<and on the twenty-seventh [day].

<<And some say it:

<<on the twenty-third.

<<And not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<when roasted

<<and not

<<roasted [well];

<<but

<<roasted

<<well,

<<we have no objection to it.

<<And when not

<<roasted

<<well,

<<not

<<did we say this

<<except

<<where he did not

<<drink

<<after it

<<beer;

<<but

<<[if] he drank

<<after it

<<beer,

<<we have no objection to it.

“And one who drinks

<<water

<<for his thirst,

<<etc.”:

<<To exclude

<<what?

<<Rav Idi bar Avin said:

<<To exclude

<<one who