With something

<<that does not

<<become repulsive

<<too,

<<let him move it

<<to side

<<one

<<and bless!

<<Explained it

<<Rav Yitzchak Kaskesa'ah

<<before

<<Rabbi Yosei bar Avin

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<Because

<<it is stated:

<<“Let be filled

<<my mouth

<<with Your praise.”

They asked

<<of him,

<<of Rav Chisda:

<<One

<<who ate

<<and drank

<<and did not

<<bless —

<<what is [the law],

<<that he should go back

<<and bless?

<<He said to them:

<<One

<<who ate

<<garlic

<<and its odor

<<is wafting —

<<should he go back

<<and eat

<<garlic

<<another

<<so that

<<will be

<<its odor

<<wafting?!

Ravina said:

<<Therefore,

<<even

<<[if] he finished

<<his meal,

<<he should go back

<<and bless,

<<as it is taught:

<<[If] he immersed

<<and came up,

<<he says

<<upon his coming up:

<<“Blessed

<<is He Who

<<sanctified us

<<with His commandments

<<and commanded us

<<concerning

<<the immersion.”

But it is not so:

<<there,

<<from the outset

<<the man

<<was not

<<fit;

<<here,

<<from the outset

<<the man

<<was fit,

<<and since

<<he was pushed off,

<<he was pushed off.

The Rabbis taught:

<<Asparagus [a wine drink]

<<is good

<<for the heart

<<and beneficial

<<for the eyes,

<<and all the more so

<<for the children of

<<the innards [i.e., the bowels].

<<And one who is accustomed

<<to it —

<<it is good

<<for all

<<his body;

<<and one who gets drunk

<<from it —

<<it is harmful

<<to all

<<his body.

From that it teaches

<<“good

<<for the heart,”

<<it follows

<<that with [one made] of wine

<<we are dealing;

<<and it teaches:

<<“and all the more so

<<for the children of

<<the innards.”

<<But isn't it taught:

<<For L-E-T [heart, eyes, spleen]

<<it is good;

<<for R-M-T [head, innards, hemorrhoids]

<<it is harmful!

When

<<it is taught,

<<that one —

<<it is about aged [wine].

<<As we learned:

<<“Konam [forbidden]

<<is wine

<<that I

<<taste,

<<for wine

<<is harmful

<<for the children of

<<the innards.”

<<They said to him:

<<But isn't

<<aged [wine]

<<good

<<it is

<<for the children of

<<the innards!

<<And he was silent —

<<he is forbidden

<<with new,

<<and permitted

<<with aged.

<<Learn from it.

The Rabbis taught:

<<Six

<<things

<<were said

<<about asparagus:

<<They do not

<<drink

<<it

<<except

<<when it is

<<undiluted

<<and full;

<<one receives it

<<in the right [hand]

<<and drinks it

<<with the left;

<<and they do not

<<converse

<<after it,

<<and they do not

<<interrupt

<<in it;

<<and they do not

<<return

<<it

<<except

<<to the one

<<who gave it

<<to him;

<<and he spits

<<after it;

<<and they do not

<<follow

<<it [with food]

<<except

<<with its own kind.

But isn't it taught:

<<They do not

<<follow

<<it [with food]

<<except

<<with bread!

<<It is not difficult:

<<this

<<is with one of wine,

<<this

<<is with one of beer.

It is taught

<<in one [baraisa]:

<<For L-E-T

<<it is good,

<<for R-M-T

<<it is harmful;

<<and it is taught

<<in another:

<<For R-M-T

<<it is good,

<<for L-E-T

<<it is harmful!

<<It is not difficult:

<<this

<<is with one of wine,

<<this

<<is with one of beer.

It is taught

<<in one:

<<[If] he spat

<<after it,

<<he is stricken;

<<and it is taught

<<in another:

<<[If] he did not

<<spit

<<after it,

<<he is stricken!

<<It is not difficult:

<<this

<<is with one of wine,

<<this

<<is with one of beer.

Rav Ashi said:

<<Now

<<that you said

<<[if] he did not

<<spit

<<after it

<<he is stricken,

<<its waters [i.e., the saliva]

<<may be thrown out

<<even

<<before

<<the king.

Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha said:

<<Three

<<things

<<told

<<me

<<Suriel,

<<the Prince of

<<the Presence:

<<Do not

<<take

<<your shirt

<<in the morning

<<from the hand of

<<the attendant

<<and put it on;

<<and do not

<<wash

<<your hands

<<from one

<<who has not

<<washed

<<his hands;

<<and do not

<<return

<<a cup of

<<asparagus

<<except

<<to the one

<<who gave it

<<to you;

<<because

<<a band [of demons],

<<and some say,

<<a troop

<<of

<<angels of

<<destruction

<<lie in wait

<<for him,

<<for the person,

<<and say:

<<When

<<will come

<<a person

<<into the hands of

<<one

<<of things

<<these

<<and be captured?

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

<<Three

<<things

<<told

<<me

<<the angel of

<<death:

<<Do not

<<take

<<your shirt

<<in the morning

<<from the hand of

<<the attendant

<<and put it on;

<<and do not

<<wash

<<your hands

<<from one

<<who has not

<<washed

<<his hands;

<<and do not

<<stand

<<before

<<the women

<<at the time

<<that they return

<<from

<<the dead,

<<because

<<I

<<dance

<<and come

<<before them,

<<and my sword

<<is in my hand,

<<and there is

<<to me

<<permission

<<to destroy.

And if

<<he encountered [them],

<<what

<<is his remedy?

<<Let him jump

<<from his place

<<four

<<cubits;

<<if

<<there is

<<a river,

<<let him cross it;

<<and if

<<there is

<<a road

<<another,

<<let him go

<<on it;

<<and if

<<there is

<<a wall,

<<let him stand

<<behind [it];

<<and if

<<not,

<<let him turn

<<his face

<<and say:

<<“And Hashem said

<<to

<<the Satan:

<<May rebuke

<<Hashem

<<you,”

<<etc.,

<<until

<<they pass

<<from him.

Rabbi Zeira said in the name of Rabbi Abbahu,

<<and some say

<<in a baraisa

<<it was taught:

<<Ten

<<things

<<were said

<<about the cup

<<of

<<blessing:

<<It requires

<<rinsing

<<and washing;

<<undiluted

<<and full;

<<adorning

<<and wrapping;

<<he takes it

<<with both

<<his hands

<<and places it

<<in the right;

<<and he lifts it

<<from

<<the ground

<<a handbreadth;

<<and he puts

<<his eyes

<<on it;

<<and some say:

<<also

<<he sends it

<<as a gift

<<to the people of

<<his household.

Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<We

<<have not

<<for us

<<except

<<four

<<alone:

<<rinsing,

<<washing,

<<undiluted,

<<and full.

<<It was taught:

<<Rinsing

<<from inside,

<<and washing

<<from outside.

Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<Anyone

<<who blesses

<<over

<<a cup

<<full —

<<they give

<<him

<<an inheritance

<<without

<<boundaries,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And full of

<<the blessing of

<<Hashem,

<<the sea [i.e., west]

<<and the south

<<possess.”

<<Rabbi Yosei bar Chanina

<<says:

<<He merits

<<and inherits

<<two

<<worlds:

<<this world

<<and the World to Come.

“Adorning.”

<<Rav Yehuda

<<would adorn it

<<with students;

<<Rav Chisda

<<would adorn

<<it

<<with cups.

<<Rabbi Chanan said:

<<And with undiluted [wine].

<<Rav Sheshes said:

<<And in the blessing of

<<the land.

“Wrapping.”

<<Rav Pappa

<<would wrap himself

<<and sit;

<<Rav Assi

<<would spread

<<a scarf

<<over

<<his head.

“He takes it

<<with both

<<his hands.”

<<Rabbi Chinana bar Pappa said:

<<What

<<is the verse?

<<“Lift

<<your hands

<<[in] holiness

<<and bless

<<Hashem.”

“And places it

<<in the right.”

<<Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<The early ones

<<asked:

<<The left —

<<what is [the law],

<<that it may assist

<<the right?

<<Rav Ashi said:

<<Since

<<the early ones —

<<it was a question

<<to them

<<and it was not

<<resolved

<<for them,