and not

<<with hands

<<soiled.

Ravin

<<and Abaye

<<were

<<going along

<<on the road.

<<Went ahead

<<the donkey

<<of Ravin

<<of that of Abaye,

<<and not

<<did he say

<<to him:

<<“Let go [first]

<<the Master.”

<<He said [to himself]:

<<Since went up

<<this one

<<of the Rabbis

<<from the West,

<<has become coarse

<<in him

<<his mind [i.e., he is proud].

<<When

<<he reached

<<the entrance

<<of the synagogue,

<<he said to him:

<<Let enter

<<the Master.

<<He said to him:

<<And until

<<now

<<not

<<Master

<<was I?

<<He said to him,

<<thus

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<They do not

<<defer

<<except

<<at an entrance

<<that has

<<on it

<<a mezuza.

That has

<<on it

<<a mezuza,

<<yes;

<<that does not have

<<on it

<<a mezuza,

<<no?

<<But now,

<<the synagogue

<<and the house of

<<study,

<<which do not have

<<on them

<<a mezuza —

<<so

<<too

<<that they do not

<<defer?

<<Rather,

<<say:

<<at an entrance

<<that is fit

<<for a mezuza.

Said

<<Rav Yehuda (son of Rav Shmuel bar Shilas)

<<in the name

<<of Rav:

<<Not are

<<those reclining

<<permitted

<<to eat

<<anything

<<until

<<tastes

<<the one who breaks bread.

<<Sat

<<Rav Safra

<<and was saying:

<<“Litom” [to taste]

<<was stated.

For what

<<does it come out

<<from it?

<<That is obligated

<<a person

<<to say [it]

<<in the language of

<<his teacher.

The Rabbis taught:

<<Two

<<wait

<<for each other

<<at the bowl;

<<three

<<do not

<<wait.

<<The one who breaks bread —

<<he

<<stretches out

<<his hand

<<first;

<<and if

<<he comes

<<to accord

<<honor

<<to his teacher,

<<or

<<to one

<<who is greater

<<than him,

<<the choice

<<is in his hand.

Rabbah bar bar Chana

<<was

<<arranging [a wedding]

<<for him,

<<for his son,

<<in the house of

<<Rav Shmuel bar Rav Ketina.

<<He came early

<<and sat

<<and was teaching

<<him,

<<his son:

<<Not is

<<the one who breaks bread

<<permitted

<<to break [bread]

<<until

<<ends

<<“Amen”

<<from the mouth of

<<those answering.

<<Rav Chisda

<<said:

<<From the mouth of

<<most of

<<those answering.

Rami bar Chama said to him:

<<What

<<is different

<<about the majority,

<<that still

<<not

<<has ended

<<the blessing?

<<The minority

<<too —

<<not

<<has ended

<<the blessing!

He said to him:

<<For I

<<say:

<<anyone

<<who answers

<<“Amen”

<<more

<<than enough

<<is nothing

<<but

<<mistaken.

The Rabbis taught:

<<They do not

<<answer

<<neither

<<an “Amen”

<<that is snatched,

<<nor

<<an “Amen”

<<that is cut off,

<<nor

<<an “Amen”

<<that is orphaned;

<<and not

<<should one throw

<<a blessing

<<from his mouth.

Ben Azzai

<<says:

<<Anyone

<<who answers

<<an “Amen”

<<that is orphaned —

<<will be

<<his sons

<<orphans;

<<snatched —

<<will be snatched away

<<his days;

<<cut off —

<<will be cut off

<<his days.

<<And anyone

<<who lengthens

<<his “Amen” —

<<they lengthen

<<for him

<<his days

<<and his years.

Rav

<<and Shmuel

<<were

<<sitting

<<at a meal.

<<Came

<<Rav Shimi bar Chiya;

<<he was

<<hurrying

<<and eating.

<<Rav said to him:

<<What is

<<your intention,

<<to join

<<with us?

<<We

<<have eaten

<<already.

<<Shmuel said to him:

<<If

<<they brought

<<me

<<mushrooms,

<<and young pigeons

<<for Abba [i.e., Rav],

<<would

<<not

<<we eat?

The students

<<of Rav

<<were

<<sitting

<<at a meal.

<<Entered

<<Rav Acha.

<<They said:

<<Has come

<<a man

<<great

<<who will bless

<<for us.

<<He said to them:

<<Do

<<you think

<<that the great one

<<blesses?

<<The principal one

<<of the meal

<<blesses.

<<And the halachah:

<<the great one

<<blesses,

<<even though

<<he came

<<at the end.

“[If] one ate

<<demai,

<<etc.”:

<<But this

<<not

<<is fit

<<for him!

<<Since

<<if

<<he wants,

<<he renounces ownership of

<<them,

<<his properties,

<<and becomes

<<a poor man,

<<and it is fit

<<for him;

<<as we learned:

<<They feed

<<the poor

<<demai,

<<and the billeted soldiers

<<demai.

<<And Rav Huna said:

<<It was taught:

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<They do not

<<feed

<<the poor

<<and the billeted soldiers

<<demai.

“First tithe

<<whose teruma was taken”:

<<It is obvious!

<<It is not necessary

<<except

<<where he took it early

<<at the stalks,

<<and separated

<<from it

<<teruma of the tithe,

<<but did not

<<separate

<<from it

<<great teruma;

<<and it is like Rabbi Abbahu.

<<For Rabbi Abbahu said in the name of Reish Lakish:

<<First tithe

<<that he took early

<<at the stalks

<<is exempt

<<from great teruma,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And you shall set apart

<<from it

<<the teruma of

<<Hashem,

<<a tithe

<<from

<<the tithe”:

<<a tithe

<<from

<<the tithe

<<I have told

<<you,

<<and not

<<great teruma

<<and teruma of the tithe

<<from

<<the tithe.

Rav Pappa said to Abaye:

<<If so,

<<even

<<he took it early

<<in the pile

<<too!

<<He said to him:

<<Concerning you

<<says

<<the verse: