who was choked

<<by a piece of meat.

Rabbi Tarfon

<<says:

<<“Who creates

<<many souls

<<and their needs.”

<<Rava bar Rav Chanan said to Abaye,

<<and some say it:

<<to Rav Yosef:

<<The halachah —

<<what?

<<He said to him:

<<Go out,

<<see

<<what

<<the people

<<are doing.

We shall return to you,

<<‘How do we bless’.

MISHNAH:

<<Three

<<who ate

<<together

<<are obligated

<<to join to bless.

<<[If] one ate

<<demai,

<<or first tithe

<<whose teruma was taken,

<<or second tithe

<<or consecrated property

<<that were redeemed,

<<and the attendant

<<who ate

<<an olive's bulk,

<<and the Cuthean —

<<they join to bless

<<with him.

[If] one ate

<<tevel,

<<or first tithe

<<whose teruma was not taken,

<<or second tithe

<<or consecrated property

<<that were not redeemed,

<<and the attendant

<<who ate

<<less

<<than an olive's bulk,

<<and the gentile —

<<not

<<do they join to bless

<<with him.

<<Women,

<<and slaves,

<<and minors —

<<not

<<do they join to bless

<<with them.

<<Up to

<<how much

<<do they join to bless?

<<Up to

<<an olive's bulk.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<Up to

<<an egg's bulk.

GEMARA:

<<From where

<<are these things [derived]?

<<Rav Assi said:

<<For says

<<the verse:

<<“Magnify

<<Hashem

<<with me,

<<and let us exalt

<<His name

<<together.”

<<Rabbi Abbahu

<<said:

<<From here:

<<“When

<<the name of

<<Hashem

<<I call,

<<ascribe

<<greatness

<<to our God.”

Rav Chanan bar Abba said:

<<From where [is it derived]

<<for one who answers

<<“Amen”

<<that not

<<should he raise

<<his voice

<<more

<<than

<<the one who blesses?

<<As it is stated:

<<“Magnify

<<Hashem

<<with me,

<<and let us exalt

<<His name

<<together.”

Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi said:

<<From where [is it derived]

<<that not is

<<the translator

<<permitted

<<to raise

<<his voice

<<more

<<than

<<the reader?

<<As it is stated:

<<“Moshe

<<would speak,

<<and God

<<would answer him

<<with a voice,”

<<for there is no

<<need to state

<<“with a voice”;

<<and why

<<does the verse state

<<“with a voice”?

<<With the voice

<<of

<<Moshe.

It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<Not is

<<the translator

<<permitted

<<to raise

<<his voice

<<more

<<than

<<the reader.

<<And if

<<it is impossible

<<for the translator

<<to raise

<<his voice

<<to match

<<the reader,

<<should lower

<<the reader

<<his voice

<<and read.

It was stated:

<<Two

<<who ate

<<together —

<<disagree

<<Rav

<<and Rabbi Yochanan.

<<One

<<said:

<<If

<<they wished

<<to join to bless,

<<they join to bless;

<<and one

<<said:

<<If

<<they wished

<<to join to bless,

<<not

<<do they join to bless.

We learned:

<<“Three

<<who ate

<<together

<<are obligated

<<to join to bless.”

<<Three,

<<yes;

<<two,

<<no!

There

<<it is an obligation;

<<here

<<it is optional.

Come and hear:

<<Three

<<who ate

<<together

<<are obligated

<<to join to bless,

<<and not

<<are they permitted

<<to separate.

<<Three,

<<yes;

<<two,

<<no!

It is different

<<there,

<<for they fixed

<<for themselves

<<an obligation

<<from the start.

Come and hear:

<<The attendant

<<who was

<<serving

<<the two —

<<this one

<<eats

<<with them,

<<even though

<<not

<<did they give

<<him

<<permission.

<<[If] he was

<<serving

<<the three —

<<this one

<<does not

<<eat

<<with them

<<unless

<<they gave

<<him

<<permission!

It is different

<<there,