Commentary for Pesachim 206:4

ורב אשי אמר לית הילכתא כתלמידי דרב דהא יו"ט שחל להיות אחר השבת ואמר רב יקנ"ה

Amemar recited a separate blessing for each cup; Mar Zutra recited a blessing over the first cup and over the last cup;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., after Grace, as Raba did.');">⁶</span> [but] R'Ashi recited a blessing over the first cup and no more. Said R'Aha B'Raba to them: in accordance with whom are we to act? -Amemar replied: I made a [fresh] decision [each time].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After each cup I intended drinking, no more. Hence when I did drink another it was a new act of drinking, and so I repeated the blessing each time. Consequently my action does not involve a general ruling.');">⁷</span>

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