Commentary for Pesachim 72:16

ת"ר אין אופין פת עבה (ביום טוב) בפסח דברי בית שמאי

yet 'rejoicing' is nevertheless written in connectio therewith, for it is written, and thou shalt rejoice in all the good etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 11; this refers to first fruits. Since rejoicing is required, an onen is automatically excluded.');">¹⁷</span> ? - That comes for the time of rejoicing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to teach that the first fruits must be brought to the priest, and the passage relative thereto, called the 'confession', recited at a time of natural rejoicing, viz., during the months of harvesting and collecting the produce from the fields.');">¹⁸</span> For we learned: From Pentecost until the Festival [of Tabernacles] he [the Israelite] brings [the first fruits] and recites [the 'confession'];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. Deut. XXVI, 3-10.');">¹⁹</span> between the Festival and Hanukkah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. It generally falls towards the end of December.');">²⁰</span> he brings [the first fruits but does not recite [the 'confession']. Our Rabbis taught: 'Bread of poverty', this excludes halut<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A rich bread made of dough prepared by stirring the flour with hot water.');">²¹</span> and ashishah [pancake].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the dough is made compact and substantial by pressing (Jast.) .');">²²</span> You might think that a man can discharge his obligation only with coarse bread;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is really 'bread of poverty'.');">²³</span> therefore [the repetition] 'unleavened bread', 'unleavened bread', is stated as an extension, [intimating] even [if it is] like the unleavened bread of Solomon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., made of the finest flour.');">²⁴</span> If so, why is 'bread of poverty' stated? To exclude halut and pancakes. And where is it implied that this [word] 'ashishah' denotes something of value?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., a rich food.');">²⁵</span> - Because it is written, And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh [eshpar] and an ashishah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. VI, 19.');">²⁶</span> whereon R'Hanan B'Abba said: 'Eshpar' means one sixth [ehad mishshishah] of a bullock [par];ashishah means [a cake made with] one sixth of an ephah [of flour].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.V.: a cake of raisins.');">²⁷</span> Now he differs from Samuel, for Samuel said: Ashishah is a cask of wine, for it is written, and love casks of [ashishe] grapes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hos. III, 1; i.e., of wine. E.V.: cakes of raisins.');">²⁸</span> Our Rabbis taught: One may not bake a thick loaf on Passover: this is the view of Beth Shammai;

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