Commentary for Pesachim 214:7

רבא הוה שתי חמרא כולי מעלי יומא דפיסחא כי היכי דניגרריה לליביה דניכול מצה טפי לאורתא אמר רבא מנא אמינא לה דחמרא מיגרר גריר דתנן

and he may [also] offer them to the guests. And though there is no proof of this, yet there is a hint thereof, for it is said, Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. IV, 3. Rashi: i.e., do not work without profit; so if a man is engaged on preparing food and is forbidden to eat thereof it causes him mental suffering. [Rashi did not seem to read: 'and he may offer them to the guest. Rashbam and Tosaf. explain the reference to a relish prepared for whetting the appetite and the verse is quoted in illustration that the stomach must be prepared to receive food as the ground for seeds].');">¹³</span> Raba used to drink wine the whole of Passover eve, so as to whet his appetite'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'draw his heart'.');">¹⁴</span> to eat more unleavened bread in the evening. Raba said: How do I know that wine whets the appetite? Because we learned:

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