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6:7:1

משנה: הֶבִיאוּ לְפָנָיו מְלִיחַ וּפַת עִמּוֹ מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַמְּלִיחַ וּפוֹטֵר אֶת הַפַּת שֶׁהַפַּת טְפֵילָה לוֹ. זֶה הַכְּלָל כָּל שֶׁהוּא עִיקָּר וְעִמּוֹ טְפֵילָה מְבָרֵךְ עַל הָעִיקָּר וּפוֹטֵר אֶת הַטְּפֵילָה.

MISHNAH: If salted fish208This is the usual interpretation of “salted” and is the correct interpretation of Mishnah and Yerushalmi by the testimony of the Arukh who quotes the Mishnah Nedarim 6:3: “He who makes a vow not to eat any salted foods, is forbidden only salted fish.” was brought before him with bread, one recites the benediction over the salted fish and frees the bread209From having to recite the benediction because salted fish cannot be eaten without bread; hence, the bread would not have been eaten were it not for the salted fish. because the bread is accessory. The following is the principle: Anything that is the main dish and comes with a side dish, one recites the benediction on the main dish and this frees the side dish.

MISHNAH: If salted fish208This is the usual interpretation of “salted” and is the correct interpretation of Mishnah and Yerushalmi by the testimony of the Arukh who quotes the Mishnah Nedarim 6:3: “He who makes a vow not to eat any salted foods, is forbidden only salted fish.” was brought before him with bread, one recites the benediction over the salted fish and frees the bread209From having to recite the benediction because salted fish cannot be eaten without bread; hence, the bread would not have been eaten were it not for the salted fish. because the bread is accessory. The following is the principle: Anything that is the main dish and comes with a side dish, one recites the benediction on the main dish and this frees the side dish.

6:7:2

הלכה: רִבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָן בְּשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹנָתָן מַתְנִיָיתָא עַד שֶׁלֹּא לָמְדוּ סְעוּדַת מְלָכִים וּבִמְקוֹם שֶׁעוֹשִׂין אֶת הַמְּלִיחַ עִיקָּר. אֲבָל בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין אֶת הַמְּלִיחַ עִיקָּר לָא בְדָא. רִבִּי יִרְמְיָה בְשֵׁם רַב פִּיתָּא וּפֵרוּר אוֹמֵר עַל הַפֵּירוּר בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁעוֹשִׂין אֶת הַפֵּירוּר עִיקָּר. אֲבָל בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין אֶת הַפֵּירוּר עִיקָּר לָא בְדָא. רִבִּי סִימוֹן בְּשֵׁם רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶן לָקִישׁ שְׁקִיזְמִי וּפִיתָּא אוֹמֵר עַל הַשְּׁקִיזְמִי בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁעוֹשִׂין אֶת הַשְּׁקִיזְמִי עִיקָּר. אֲבָל בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין אֶת הַשְּׁקִיזְמִי עִיקָּר לָא בְדָא.

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman in the name of Rebbi Jonathan210Israeli Amora of the first generation, close to R. Joshua ben Levi, Rebbi Ḥiyya the Great and R. Ḥanina.: The Mishnah was from before they learned royal meals and at a place where the salted fish is the main food, but at a place where salted fish is not the main food that does not apply211Hence, for the Babli (44a) it no longer applies.. Rav212Again, “Rebbi” is scribal error. Jeremiah in the name of Rav, pitta bread and morsels, one recites on the morsels at a place where the morsels are the main food213This does not contradict the stament in Halakhah 1 that one makes the benediction on a complete loaf of bread if at all possible since the morsels here are not eaten as morsels, but are collected and milk is poured over them; the whole is left standing until it gets moldy. The result was considered in Babylonia to be an exquisite delicacy called “Babylonian kutaḥ”. The authorities involved here are all Babylonian.. But at a place where morsels are not the main food that does not apply. Rebbi Simon in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish, šeqizmi214An unidentified word. [Pne Mosheh (Margalit), followed by Levy in his dictionary, takes the word to mean a delicacy made from almonds (שקד) with ז replacing soft ד. Pne Mosheh (Ben Ḥabib) identifies šeqizmi as kinds of fruit.] and bread, one recites on the šeqizmi at a place where the šeqizmi are the main food. But at a place where šeqizmi are not the main food that does not apply.

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman in the name of Rebbi Jonathan210Israeli Amora of the first generation, close to R. Joshua ben Levi, Rebbi Ḥiyya the Great and R. Ḥanina.: The Mishnah was from before they learned royal meals and at a place where the salted fish is the main food, but at a place where salted fish is not the main food that does not apply211Hence, for the Babli (44a) it no longer applies.. Rav212Again, “Rebbi” is scribal error. Jeremiah in the name of Rav, pitta bread and morsels, one recites on the morsels at a place where the morsels are the main food213This does not contradict the stament in Halakhah 1 that one makes the benediction on a complete loaf of bread if at all possible since the morsels here are not eaten as morsels, but are collected and milk is poured over them; the whole is left standing until it gets moldy. The result was considered in Babylonia to be an exquisite delicacy called “Babylonian kutaḥ”. The authorities involved here are all Babylonian.. But at a place where morsels are not the main food that does not apply. Rebbi Simon in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish, šeqizmi214An unidentified word. [Pne Mosheh (Margalit), followed by Levy in his dictionary, takes the word to mean a delicacy made from almonds (שקד) with ז replacing soft ד. Pne Mosheh (Ben Ḥabib) identifies šeqizmi as kinds of fruit.] and bread, one recites on the šeqizmi at a place where the šeqizmi are the main food. But at a place where šeqizmi are not the main food that does not apply.

Texts

  • Hebrew: The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1999-2015 · License: CC-BY
  • English: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer. Berlin, De Gruyter, 1999-2015 · License: CC-BY

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