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Pesachim 104b

פסחים ק״ד ע״ב

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Topic

The wording of הבדלה: עולא's one-line הבדלה, the story of how it was reported, and a ברייתא about which ברכות open and close with 'ברוך', brought to challenge it.

Overview

This amud opens by ending the previous discussion: the הלכה does not follow the opinion just quoted, and instead follows שמואל. The גמרא then tells a story. רב יהודה sends his son רב יצחק to bring the visiting sage עולא a basket of fruit and watch how he makes הבדלה. רב יצחק sends אביי instead. אביי reports that עולא said only 'ברוך המבדיל בין קודש לחול' and nothing more. רב יהודה scolds his son, because his pride means the teaching will be credited to אביי and not to him. The גמרא then challenges עולא's short form from a ברייתא. The ברייתא teaches that every ברכה opens and closes with 'ברוך', except for a list of exceptions: some open without closing, some close without opening, and הטוב והמטיב is a special case. The גמרא draws out the challenge against עולא and deals with it on the next amud.

Opening lines

וְלֵית הִלְכְתָא כְּווֹתֵיהּ.

And the halacha is not in accordance with him.

עוּלָּא אִיקְּלַע לְפוּמְבְּדִיתָא,

Ulla happened to come to Pumbedita,

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב יְהוּדָה לְרַב יִצְחָק בְּרֵיהּ:

Rav Yehuda said to Rav Yitzchak his son:

זִיל אַמְטִי לֵיהּ כַּלְכַּלָּה דְפֵירֵי,

Go bring him a basket of fruit,

The steps (8)

  1. ConclusionThe הלכה does not follow the previous opinion
  2. Statementרב יהודה sends his son to observe עולא's הבדלה
  3. Responseאביי reports עולא's short הבדלה
  4. Responseרב יצחק tells his father what אביי reported
  5. Statementרב יהודה rebukes his son's pride
  6. ChallengeA ברייתא: every ברכה opens and closes with ברוך
  7. ChallengeThe two kinds of exceptions to the rule
  8. Challengeהטוב והמטיב is an unusual case