Commentary for Berakhot 28:5
אמר ליה אביי מאי מעליותא והא אמר רב כהנא אמר רב לא יתחיל ואם התחיל גומר וכי תימא ואמרת אליהם לא הוי התחלה והאמר רב שמואל בר יצחק אמר רב דבר אל בני ישראל לא הוי התחלה ואמרת אליהם הוי התחלה
Abbai said to him : What is there excellent in this? Behold, Rab Kahana has said in the name of Rab : One need not commence [the third paragraph at all] ; but if he has commenced it, he must finish it ! Shouldest thou argue that [to say the words] "And thou shalt say unto them" is not commencing, behold Rab Samuel b. Isaac has declared in the name of Rab : "Speak unto the children of Israel" is not considered a commencement, but "And thou shalt say unto them" is to be so regarded !
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Since nothing has been mentioned about the "Fringes" — the theme of the paragraph — one cannot be regarded as having commenced it.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M. : Behold Rab Samuel b. Rab Isaac has declared.
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