Yerushalmi Sukkah 2:6 ירושלמי סוכה ב׳:ו׳

MISHNAH: It happened that one brought Rabban Joḥanan ben Zakkai a dish to taste, and Rabban Gamliel two dates and a pail of water and they said, bring them to the sukkah⁶⁷They did not want to avail themselves of the leniency of Mishnah 5.. But when one gave Rebbi Ṣadoq food⁶⁸Including bread. in the volume of less than an egg he took it with a napkin⁶⁹He covered his hands with the towel so he did not have to wash them before touching the bread., ate it outside of the sukkah, and did not recite a benediction⁷⁰He did not say Grace for volumes less than a chicken egg. afterwards.

HALAKHAH: We were thinking to say that he did not say three benedictions but one benediction he did say⁷¹Three benedictions are the full text of Grace, used after the consumption of bread. A single benediction is the short form of Grace, after consumption of cereal in forms other than bread.. It was found stated, neither one benediction nor three benedictions⁷²Since he holds that these benedictions are appropriate only after a satisfying meal, of a volume greater than a chicken egg.. ⁷³This text is from Berakhot6:1, Notes 61–62. It was stated⁷⁴The first half of this statement is Tosephta Berakhot4:7.: “On everything that needs three benedictions at the end one says ‘Who produces bread from the earth’ at the start, but on everything that does not need three benedictions at the end one does not say ‘Who produces bread from the earth’ at the start.” They objected: But if it is less than the size of an olive, one does not say three benedictions at the end. Does this mean that one should not say “Who produces bread from the earth” at the start? Rebbi Jacob bar Aḥa said, it is needed for other kinds⁷⁵The statement does not refer to volume, but to kinds of food; if it is not bread it does not receive the benediction for bread. Hence, no conclusion as to the correct practice can be drawn..