Commentary for Berakhot 83:6
רבא ורבי זירא איקלעו לבי ריש גלותא לבתר דסליקו תכא מקמייהו שדרו להו ריסתנא מבי ריש גלותא רבא אכיל ורבי זירא לא אכיל א"ל לא סבר לה מר סלק אסור מלאכול א"ל אנן אתכא דריש גלותא סמכינן:
Raba and R. Zera went on a visit to the house of the Exilarch. After the tray had been taken away from before them, there was sent to them from the Exilarch's house a gift [of fruit]. Raba ate it, but R. Zera did not. The latter said to him, "Does not the master hold that if the table has been cleared, it is forbidden to eat?" He replied, "We depend upon the Exilarch's tray."
Tosafot on Berakhot
R' ZEIRA. R’ Zeira refused to partake of a stew once the table had been removed. It is a wonder according to those who maintain that once it has been declared “Let us recite the ברכת המזון” it is forbidden to drink without a blessing, why did R’ Zeira not partake of the stew? Let him bless on it and eat!
Answer:
Perhaps this stew contained in it bread which would require washing anew and reciting המוציא and doing so would be too much bother.
Answer:
Perhaps this stew contained in it bread which would require washing anew and reciting המוציא and doing so would be too much bother.
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Tosafot on Berakhot
[WE ARE] DEPENDENT UPON THE TABLE OF THE EXILARCH. One who forgot to eat אפיקומן at the Pesach seder and announced “Let us recite ברכת המזון!” it is not a mental lapse that is he may still partake of the אפיקומן for we rely on the ‘table of G-d’ that is: just as the participants of the Raish Galussa’s feast relied on the ריש גלותא’s table so too on the seder night we rely on the program that G-d has outlined for us which includes the eating of the אפיקומן. Therefore the announcement of ‘let us recite ברכת המזון was merely an error And if he forgot to eat אפיקומן and recited the ברכת המזון, he need not return and eat it for all the Matzos are made for the sake of Mitzvoh.
And this that was said that the announcement of “let us recite ברכת המזון” forbids any further drinking – including all members of the feast, is only true when it was the host who made the announcement but if a guest announced it, he himself the guest may return and complete his meal together with the host.
And this that was said that the announcement of “let us recite ברכת המזון” forbids any further drinking – including all members of the feast, is only true when it was the host who made the announcement but if a guest announced it, he himself the guest may return and complete his meal together with the host.
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Tosafot on Berakhot
[WE ARE] DEPENDENT UPON THE TABLE OF THE EXILARCH. And if it is customary to eat various fruits and they were served one after the other, there are those who say that a blessing must be recited on each one for they do not know if the host will serve them more. But it seems that no blessing is needed, for we rely on the hosts table and this is what is meant by the case brought in our Gemara of the ריש גלותא.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M.: Rabbah.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
On this gift, see T. A. III. p. 21.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
And so long as he keeps sending food, the meal is not at an end.
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