Berachos 37b

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Berakhot 37b

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Topic

ברכות over grain foods and bread crumbs, and which unusual breads need חלה

Overview

This amud finishes a ברייתא in which רבי יהודה reports the argument between רבן גמליאל and the חכמים about the ברכה after grain, the seven species, and rice. Another line in the same תוספתא shows it cannot follow רבן גמליאל, so the גמרא assigns it to the רבנן and corrects its rice line: after rice, there is no ברכה מעין שלש. Next, רבא rules on ריהטא, a flour-and-honey dish. He first splits by recipe, then retracts and says both get בורא מיני מזונות, based on רב and שמואל's rule about the five grains. רב יוסף says bread pieces in a cooked dish get המוציא only if they are a כזית, and he brings a proof from מנחות. אביי challenges the proof, and the answers go back and forth. The final ruling, from רב ששת and רבא, is that even smaller crumbs get המוציא as long as they still look like bread. The amud ends with unusual baked items, טרוקנין and טריתא, and whether they need חלה. A contradiction about bread made for כותח is resolved with רבי יהודה's rule that the way it is made shows its purpose, and that discussion continues on the next amud.

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The steps (31)

1. ProofSeven species or unbaked grain: three blessings vs. one
2. ProofRice and millet bread: one blessing vs. nothing
3. ChallengeChallenge: look at another line in the same תוספתא
4. Challengeרבן גמליאל would never be that lenient
5. ResponseSo the תוספתא must be the רבנן
6. ChallengeThe רבנן contradict themselves
7. ResolutionKeep the רבנן and correct the rice line
8. Statementרבא: the farmers' flour dish gets מזונות
9. Statementרבא: the מחוזא version gets שהכל
10. Statementרבא changes his mind: both get מזונות
11. ProofSource: רב and שמואל's five-grain rule
12. Statementרב יוסף's rule for a cooked dish with bread pieces
13. Proofרב יוסף's proof from מנחות broken into כזית-sized pieces
14. Challengeאביי asks: what about מנחות crushed back into flour?
15. Challengeאביי's proof that tiny crumbs still count as bread
16. ResolutionThe crumbs were pressed together into one mass
17. ChallengeThe plural wording 'he ate them' shows the crumbs were separate
18. ResolutionThe crumbs came from a large loaf
19. QuestionWhat is the final ruling?
20. ResponseA crumbled bread dish gets המוציא
21. StatementOnly if it still looks like bread
22. Statementטרוקנין require חלה
23. Statementרבין reports: טרוקנין are exempt
24. QuestionWhat are טרוקנין?
25. ResponseBaked in a hollow in the ground
26. Statementטריתא is exempt from חלה
27. QuestionWhat is טריתא?
28. ResponseThree definitions of טריתא
29. Proofרבי חייא: Bread made for כותח is exempt from חלה
30. ChallengeA ברייתא says bread for כותח is obligated in חלה
31. ResolutionThe ברייתא follows רבי יהודה: the way it is made shows its purpose