we

<<will act

<<stringently.

“And he lifts it

<<from

<<the ground

<<a handbreadth.”

<<Rav Acha son of Rabbi Chanina said:

<<What

<<is the verse?

<<“A cup of

<<salvations

<<I will lift,

<<and in the name of

<<Hashem

<<I will call.”

“And he puts

<<his eyes

<<on it,”

<<so that

<<not

<<will be diverted

<<his mind

<<from it.

“And he sends it

<<to the people of

<<his household

<<as a gift,”

<<so that

<<will be blessed

<<his wife.

Ulla

<<happened

<<to the house of

<<Rav Nachman.

<<He wrapped [i.e., ate]

<<bread,

<<he blessed

<<Grace after Meals,

<<he gave

<<him

<<the cup

<<of blessing,

<<to Rav Nachman.

<<Rav Nachman said to him:

<<Let send

<<the Master

<<the cup

<<of blessing

<<to Yalta.

<<He said to him:

<<Thus

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<Not

<<the fruit of

<<the womb

<<of

<<a woman

<<is blessed

<<except

<<from the fruit of

<<the womb

<<of

<<a man,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And He will bless

<<the fruit of

<<your womb.”

<<“The fruit of

<<her womb”

<<is not

<<stated,

<<but rather

<<“the fruit of

<<your womb.”

It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<Rabbi Nassan

<<says:

<<From where [is it derived]

<<that not

<<the fruit of

<<the womb

<<of

<<a woman

<<is blessed

<<except

<<from the fruit of

<<the womb

<<of

<<a man?

<<As it is stated:

<<“And He will bless

<<the fruit of

<<your womb.”

<<“The fruit of

<<her womb”

<<is not

<<stated,

<<but rather

<<“the fruit of

<<your womb.”

Meanwhile

<<heard

<<Yalta;

<<she rose

<<in a rage,

<<and entered

<<the house of

<<wine [i.e., the storehouse],

<<and broke

<<four

<<hundred

<<barrels

<<of wine.

<<Rav Nachman said to him:

<<Let send

<<her

<<the Master

<<a cup

<<another.

<<He sent

<<her:

<<All

<<this

<<flask [i.e., barrel]

<<is of blessing

<<it is.

<<She sent

<<him:

<<From peddlers

<<[come] words,

<<and from rags

<<[come] lice.

Rav Assi said:

<<They do not

<<converse

<<over

<<a cup

<<of

<<blessing.

<<And Rav Assi said:

<<They do not

<<bless

<<over

<<a cup

<<of

<<punishment.

<<What is

<<“a cup

<<of

<<punishment”?

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said:

<<A cup

<<second.

<<It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<One who drinks

<<in pairs

<<should not

<<bless,

<<because

<<it is stated:

<<“Prepare

<<to meet

<<your God,

<<Israel,”

<<and this one

<<is not

<<prepared.

Rabbi Abbahu said,

<<and some say

<<in a baraisa

<<it was taught:

<<One who eats

<<while walking

<<blesses

<<standing;

<<and when he

<<eats

<<standing,

<<he blesses

<<seated;

<<and when he

<<reclines

<<and eats,

<<he sits

<<and blesses.

<<And the halachah is:

<<in all of them

<<he sits

<<and blesses.

We shall return to you,

<<‘Three who ate’.

MISHNAH:

<<These are

<<the matters

<<that are between

<<Beis Shammai

<<and between

<<Beis Hillel

<<at the meal:

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<One blesses

<<over

<<the day,

<<and afterward

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the wine.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<One blesses

<<over

<<the wine

<<and afterward

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the day.

Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<They take [water]

<<for the hands,

<<and afterward

<<they mix

<<the cup.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<They mix

<<the cup,

<<and afterward

<<they take [water]

<<for the hands.

Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<He wipes

<<his hands

<<with the napkin

<<and places it

<<on

<<the table.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<On

<<the cushion.

Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<They sweep

<<the house,

<<and afterward

<<they take [water]

<<for the hands.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<They take [water]

<<for the hands,

<<and afterward

<<they sweep

<<the house.

Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<Lamp

<<and food,

<<spices

<<and havdalah.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<Lamp

<<and spices,

<<food

<<and havdalah.

Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<“Who created

<<the light of

<<the fire.”

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<“Who creates

<<the lights of

<<the fire.”

They do not

<<bless

<<neither

<<over

<<the lamp

<<nor

<<over

<<the spices

<<of

<<gentiles,

<<nor

<<over

<<the lamp

<<nor

<<over

<<the spices

<<of

<<the dead,

<<nor

<<over

<<the lamp

<<nor

<<over

<<the spices

<<of

<<idolatry.

<<And they do not

<<bless

<<over

<<the lamp

<<until

<<they benefit

<<from its light.

One

<<who ate

<<and forgot

<<and did not

<<bless:

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<He should go back

<<to his place

<<and bless.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<He should bless

<<in the place

<<that he remembered.

<<And until

<<when

<<does he bless?

<<Until

<<enough [time]

<<that is digested

<<the food

<<that is in his innards.

[If] came

<<to them

<<wine

<<after

<<the food,

<<if

<<there is not

<<there

<<except

<<that

<<cup —

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<He blesses

<<over

<<the wine

<<and afterward

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the food.

<<And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<He blesses

<<over

<<the food

<<and afterward

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the wine.

And they answer

<<“Amen”

<<after

<<a Jew [lit. Israelite]

<<who blesses,

<<and they do not

<<answer

<<“Amen”

<<after

<<a Cuthean

<<who blesses

<<until

<<he hears

<<all

<<the blessing

<<entirely.

GEMARA:

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<The matters

<<that are between

<<Beis Shammai

<<and Beis Hillel

<<at a meal:

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<One blesses

<<over

<<the day

<<and afterward

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the wine,

<<for the day

<<causes

<<the wine

<<that it come,

<<and already

<<became sanctified

<<the day

<<and still

<<wine

<<has not

<<come.

And Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<One blesses

<<over

<<the wine

<<and afterward

<<he blesses

<<over

<<the day,

<<for the wine

<<causes

<<the Kiddush

<<that it be said.

<<Alternatively:

<<The blessing of

<<the wine

<<is frequent,

<<and the blessing of

<<the day

<<is not

<<frequent;

<<[between] the frequent

<<and that which is not

<<frequent,

<<the frequent

<<comes first.

<<And the halachah is

<<in accordance with the words of

<<Beis Hillel.

What is

<<“alternatively”?

<<And if you say:

<<there

<<two [reasons]

<<and here

<<one —

<<here

<<too

<<two

<<they are:

<<The blessing of

<<the wine

<<is frequent

<<and the blessing of

<<the day

<<is not

<<frequent;

<<[between] the frequent

<<and that which is not

<<frequent,

<<the frequent

<<comes first.

And the halachah is

<<in accordance with the words of

<<Beis Hillel.

<<It is obvious,

<<for behold

<<went out

<<a heavenly voice!

If you wish, say:

<<before

<<the heavenly voice;

<<and if you wish, say:

<<after

<<the heavenly voice,