Commentary for Eruvin 80:15

לברוך עליה ולנחיה המברך צריך שיטעום ליתביה לינוקא לית הלכתא כרב אחא דילמא אתי למסרך

'Have you ceased from work? ' And the latter replied: 'Yes, I have ceased'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ber. 27b. From which it follows that the reading of the Sabbath evening prayers imposes upon one the obligations and the restrictions of the day, and similarly the recital of the benediction on the season, (cf. supra n. 11) .');">⁴⁶</span> [And if it be suggested that] one might recite the benediction over the wine and put it aside [it might be objected:] He who recites the benediction [over any food or drink] must taste it. [Should it be suggested that] one might<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the recital of the benediction');">⁴⁷</span> give it to a child,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the reason why the wine must be tasted is that the benediction should not appear to have been recited in vain, it could not in fact matter with tastes it.');">⁴⁸</span>

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