and went back

<<to the beginning.

<<He said to him:

<<For what reason

<<does act

<<the Master

<<thus?

<<He said to him:

<<for Rabbi Sheila said in the name of Rav:

<<[If] he erred,

<<he returns

<<to the beginning.

But didn't Rav Huna say in the name of Rav:

<<[If] he erred,

<<he says

<<“Blessed

<<is He Who gave”!

<<He said to him:

<<Wasn't it

<<stated

<<about it:

<<Rav Menashya bar Tachlifa said in the name of Rav:

<<They did not

<<teach [this]

<<except

<<where not

<<had he begun

<<with “Who is good

<<and does good”;

<<but

<<[if] he began

<<with “Who is good

<<and does good,”

<<he returns

<<to the beginning.

Rav Idi bar Avin said in the name of Rav Amram in the name of Rav Nachman in the name of Shmuel:

<<[If] he erred

<<and did not

<<mention

<<that of

<<Rosh Chodesh

<<in the prayer,

<<they send back

<<him;

<<in Grace after Meals

<<they do not

<<send back

<<him.

Rav Avin said to Rav Amram:

<<What

<<is different about

<<prayer,

<<and what

<<is different about

<<Grace after Meals?

<<He said to him:

<<Also

<<to me

<<it was difficult

<<for me,

<<and I asked it

<<of Rav Nachman,

<<and he said

<<to me:

<<From

<<Mar Shmuel

<<not

<<was it heard

<<by me;

<<rather,

<<let us see

<<ourselves:

<<Prayer,

<<which is an obligation

<<it is —

<<they send back

<<him.

<<Grace after Meals,

<<for if

<<he wishes

<<he eats,

<<if

<<he wishes

<<not

<<he eats —

<<they do not

<<send back

<<him.

But now,

<<Shabbosos

<<and Festival days,

<<where not

<<is it possible

<<that not

<<he eats,

<<so

<<too

<<that if

<<he erred

<<he goes back?

<<He said to him:

<<Yes,

<<for Rabbi Sheila said in the name of Rav:

<<[If] he erred,

<<he returns

<<to the beginning.

<<But didn't Rav Huna say in the name of Rav:

<<[If] he erred,

<<he says

<<“Blessed

<<is He Who gave”!

<<Wasn't it

<<stated

<<about it:

<<They did not

<<teach [this]

<<except

<<where not

<<had he begun

<<with “Who is good

<<and does good”;

<<but

<<[if] he began

<<with “Who is good

<<and does good,”

<<he returns

<<to the beginning.

“Until

<<how much

<<do they join to bless,

<<etc.”

Is this to say

<<that Rabbi Meir

<<considers

<<for him [significant]

<<an olive's bulk,

<<and Rabbi Yehuda

<<an egg's bulk?

<<But surely

<<the reverse

<<have we heard

<<from them,

<<as we learned:

<<And so

<<one

<<who went out

<<from Jerusalem

<<and remembered

<<that there was

<<in his hand

<<consecrated meat:

<<if

<<he passed

<<Tzofim [Mount Scopus],

<<he burns it

<<in his place;

<<and if

<<not,

<<he returns

<<and burns it

<<before

<<the Birah [Temple]

<<with wood of

<<the altar pile.

Until

<<how much

<<do they

<<return?

<<Rabbi Meir

<<says:

<<This

<<and this

<<with an egg's bulk.

<<And Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<This

<<and this

<<with an olive's bulk.

Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<Reversed

<<is the line.

<<Abaye

<<said:

<<Actually,

<<do not

<<reverse.

<<Here

<<over verses

<<they disagree:

<<Rabbi Meir

<<holds:

<<“And you shall eat” —

<<this is

<<eating;

<<“and be satisfied” —

<<this is

<<drinking;

<<and eating

<<is with an olive's bulk.

<<And Rabbi Yehuda

<<holds:

<<“And you shall eat

<<and be satisfied” —

<<eating

<<that has

<<in it

<<satiety;

<<and which

<<is this?

<<An egg's bulk.

There

<<over reasoning

<<they disagree:

<<Rabbi Meir

<<holds:

<<its returning

<<is like its impurity:

<<just as

<<its impurity

<<is with an egg's bulk,

<<so too

<<its returning

<<is with an egg's bulk.

<<And Rabbi Yehuda

<<holds:

<<its returning

<<is like its prohibition:

<<just as

<<its prohibition

<<is with an olive's bulk,

<<so too

<<its returning

<<is with an olive's bulk.

MISHNAH:

<<How

<<do they join to bless?

<<With three,

<<he says:

<<“Let us bless.”

<<With three

<<and himself,

<<he says:

<<“Bless.”

With ten,

<<he says

<<“Let us bless

<<our God”;

<<with ten

<<and himself,

<<he says

<<“Bless.”

<<Whether

<<ten

<<or

<<ten

<<myriads [it is the same].

With a hundred

<<he

<<says

<<“Let us bless

<<Hashem

<<our God”;

<<with a hundred

<<and himself,

<<he says

<<“Bless.”

<<And with a thousand

<<he

<<says

<<“Let us bless

<<Hashem

<<our God,

<<the God of

<<Israel”;

<<with a thousand

<<and himself,

<<he says

<<“Bless.”

<<With a myriad

<<he says

<<“Let us bless

<<Hashem

<<our God,

<<the God of

<<Israel,

<<the God of

<<Hosts,

<<Who sits upon

<<the cherubim,

<<for

<<the food

<<that we have eaten”;

<<with a myriad

<<and himself,

<<he says

<<“Bless.”

According to the manner

<<that he

<<blesses,

<<so

<<they answer

<<after him:

<<“Blessed is

<<Hashem

<<our God,

<<the God of

<<Israel,

<<the God of

<<Hosts,

<<Who sits upon

<<the cherubim,

<<for

<<the food

<<that we have eaten.”

Rabbi Yosei HaGelili

<<says:

<<According to

<<the multitude of

<<the congregation

<<they

<<bless,

<<as it is stated:

<<“In assemblies

<<bless

<<God,

<<Hashem,

<<from the source of

<<Israel.”

<<Rabbi Akiva said:

<<What

<<do we find

<<in the synagogue?

<<Whether

<<many

<<or

<<few,

<<he says

<<“Bless

<<Hashem.”

<<Rabbi Yishmael

<<says:

<<“Bless

<<Hashem,

<<the Blessed One.”

GEMARA:

<<Shmuel said:

<<Always

<<should not

<<take out

<<a person

<<himself

<<from

<<the community.

We learned:

<<With three

<<and himself,

<<he says

<<“Bless”!

Say: