did he dip

<<with them

<<except

<<in brine,

<<and not

<<did he eat

<<with them

<<except

<<a dried fig

<<one,

<<he combines.

<<And to discharge

<<the many

<<from

<<their obligation —

<<he does not

<<discharge

<<until

<<he eats

<<an olive's bulk

<<of grain.

<<Rav Chana bar Yehuda said in the name of Rava:

<<The halachah:

<<[if] he ate

<<with it

<<vegetables

<<and drank

<<a cup

<<of

<<wine,

<<he combines;

<<to discharge [others] —

<<he does not

<<discharge

<<until

<<he eats

<<an olive's bulk

<<of grain.

Rav Nachman said:

<<Moshe

<<instituted

<<for Israel

<<the blessing of

<<“Who feeds”

<<at the time

<<that came down

<<for them

<<the manna.

<<Yehoshua

<<instituted

<<for them

<<the blessing of

<<the land

<<once

<<they entered

<<the land.

<<David

<<and Shlomo

<<instituted

<<“Who builds

<<Jerusalem.”

<<David

<<instituted

<<“For

<<Israel

<<Your people

<<and for

<<Jerusalem

<<Your city,”

<<and Shlomo

<<instituted

<<“For

<<the House

<<great

<<and holy.”

<<“Who is good

<<and does good” —

<<in Yavneh

<<they instituted it,

<<corresponding to

<<the slain of

<<Beitar.

<<For Rav Masna said:

<<That

<<day

<<that were allowed

<<the slain of

<<Beitar

<<burial,

<<they instituted

<<in Yavneh

<<“Who is good

<<and does good”:

<<“Who is good” —

<<that not

<<did they decay;

<<“and does good” —

<<that they were allowed

<<burial.

The Rabbis taught:

<<The order of

<<Grace after Meals

<<thus

<<it is:

<<The blessing

<<first —

<<the blessing of

<<“Who feeds”;

<<the second —

<<the blessing of

<<the land;

<<the third —

<<“Who builds

<<Jerusalem”;

<<the fourth —

<<“Who is good

<<and does good.”

<<And on Shabbos

<<he begins

<<with consolation

<<and concludes

<<with consolation,

<<and says

<<the sanctity of

<<the day

<<in the middle.

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<If he wished

<<to say it

<<in the consolation,

<<he says it;

<<in the blessing of

<<the land,

<<he says it;

<<in the blessing

<<that instituted

<<the Sages

<<in Yavneh,

<<he says it.

<<And the Sages

<<say:

<<He does not

<<say it

<<except

<<in the consolation

<<alone.

The Sages —

<<that is

<<the first Tanna!

<<There is

<<between them

<<after the fact.

The Rabbis taught:

<<From where [is it derived]

<<for Grace after Meals

<<that it is from

<<the Torah?

<<As it is stated:

<<“And you shall eat

<<and be satisfied

<<and bless”:

<<this is

<<the blessing of

<<“Who feeds.”

<<“Hashem your God”:

<<this is

<<the blessing of

<<the invitation [to bless].

<<“For

<<the land”:

<<this is

<<the blessing of

<<the land.

<<“The good”:

<<this is

<<“Who builds

<<Jerusalem,”

<<and so

<<it

<<says:

<<“the mountain

<<that is good,

<<this one,

<<and the Lebanon.”

<<“That

<<He has given

<<you”:

<<this is

<<“Who is good

<<and does good.”

<<Not

<<do I have

<<except

<<after it;

<<before it,

<<from where?

<<You may say

<<an a fortiori:

<<when he

<<is satisfied

<<he blesses;

<<when he

<<is hungry,

<<is it not all the more so?

Rebbi

<<says

<<[It is not necessary]:

<<“And you shall eat

<<and be satisfied

<<and bless”:

<<this is

<<the blessing of

<<“Who feeds”;

<<but

<<the blessing of

<<the invitation [to bless]

<<from “Magnify

<<Hashem

<<with me”

<<is derived.

<<“For

<<the land”:

<<this is

<<the blessing of

<<the land.

<<“The good”:

<<this is

<<“Who builds

<<Jerusalem,”

<<and so

<<it

<<says:

<<“the mountain

<<that is good,

<<this one,

<<and the Lebanon.”

<<“Who is good

<<and does good” —

<<in Yavneh

<<they instituted it.

<<Not

<<do I have

<<except

<<after it;

<<before it,

<<from where?

<<The verse states:

<<“That

<<He has given

<<you”:

<<from when He has given

<<you.

Rabbi Yitzchak

<<says:

<<It is not

<<necessary;

<<behold,

<<it

<<says:

<<“And He will bless

<<your bread

<<and your water”;

<<do not

<<read

<<“and He will bless,”

<<but

<<“and bless!”

<<And when

<<is it called

<<“bread”?

<<Before

<<he eats it.

Rabbi Nassan

<<says:

<<It is not

<<necessary;

<<behold,

<<it

<<says:

<<“As you come

<<into the city,

<<so

<<you will find

<<him,

<<before

<<he goes up

<<to the high place

<<to eat;

<<for

<<not

<<will eat

<<the people

<<until

<<he comes,

<<for

<<he

<<will bless

<<the offering;

<<after

<<that

<<will eat

<<those invited.”

And all

<<this much —

<<why?

<<Because

<<women

<<talkative

<<are.

<<And Shmuel

<<said:

<<In order

<<to gaze

<<at the beauty

<<of

<<Shaul,

<<as it is written:

<<“From his shoulders

<<and upward

<<taller

<<than all

<<the people.”

<<And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<Because

<<there is no

<<kingship

<<that touches

<<its fellow

<<even

<<by as much as

<<a hair.

And not

<<do I have

<<except

<<Grace after Meals;

<<the blessing of

<<the Torah,

<<from where?

<<Rabbi Yishmael said:

<<An a fortiori:

<<for

<<life

<<of the moment

<<he blesses;

<<for

<<the life of

<<the World to Come,

<<is it not all the more so?

<<Rabbi Chiya bar Nachmani,

<<the student

<<of

<<Rabbi Yishmael,

<<says

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Yishmael:

<<It is not

<<necessary;

<<behold,

<<it

<<says:

<<“For

<<the land

<<that is good

<<that

<<He has given

<<you,”

<<and further on

<<it

<<says:

<<“And I will give

<<you

<<the tablets of stone,

<<and the Torah

<<and the commandment,

<<etc.”

Rabbi Meir

<<says:

<<And from where [is it derived]

<<that just as

<<one blesses

<<for

<<the good,

<<so

<<one blesses

<<for

<<the bad?

<<The verse states:

<<“That

<<has given

<<you

<<Hashem

<<your God”:

<<your Judge,

<<in every

<<judgment

<<that He judges you,

<<whether

<<a measure

<<good

<<or

<<a measure of

<<punishment.

Rabbi Yehuda ben Beseira

<<says:

<<It is not

<<necessary;

<<behold,

<<it

<<says

<<“good,”

<<“the good.”

<<“Good” —

<<this is

<<Torah,

<<and so

<<it

<<says:

<<“For

<<a teaching

<<good

<<I have given

<<you.”

<<“The good” —

<<this is

<<the building of

<<Jerusalem,

<<and so

<<it

<<says:

<<“the mountain

<<that is good,

<<this one,

<<and the Lebanon.”

It is taught:

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<Anyone

<<who did not

<<say

<<“a land

<<desirable,

<<good,

<<and spacious”

<<in the blessing of

<<the land,

<<and the kingship of

<<the House of David

<<in “Who builds

<<Jerusalem,”

<<has not

<<fulfilled

<<his obligation.

<<Nachum

<<the Elder

<<says:

<<He must

<<mention

<<in it

<<the covenant.

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<He must

<<mention

<<in it

<<Torah.

<<Pleimo

<<says:

<<He must

<<put first

<<covenant

<<before Torah,

<<for this one

<<was given

<<with three

<<covenants,