Commentary for Berakhot 103:8
וסברי ב"ש ברכת המזון טעונה כוס והא תנן בא להם יין לאחר המזון אם אין שם אלא אותו כוס בית שמאי אומרים מברך על היין ואחר כך מברך על המזון מאי לאו דמברך עילויה ושתי ליה לא דמברך עילויה ומנח ליה
Do Bet Shammai hold that the Grace after meals requires a cup of wine ? For our Mishnah teaches : If wine is brought to them after the food and there is only sufficient for one cup, Bet Shammai declare : He says the benediction over the wine and then over the food. Is it not to be supposed that he says the benediction [over the wine] and then drinks it ? No ; he says the benediction and leaves it [undrunk for the Grace].
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The Barita stated : "Should he have only one cup of wine, he leaves it until after the meal and combines all [the benedictions] afterwards," i.e. wine is required for Grace. But according to the Mishnah, if wine is brought to the man after he has eaten, so that he has not yet said a benediction over wine, he does so over this cup, drinks it and then says Grace; therefore wine is not essential for the Grace.
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