Commentary for Pesachim 73:12

אמר ריש לקיש הללו מעשה אילפס הן ורבי יוחנן אמר מעשה אילפס חייבין והללו שעשאן בחמה

my father into the house of R'Gamaliel, and they placed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'brought'.');">¹⁹</span> before him Syrian cakes shaped in figures on Passover. Said I, 'Father, did not the Sages say thus, One may not make Syrian cakes shaped in figures on Passover? ' 'My son', he replied, 'they did not speak of [the cakes of] all people, but only of those of bakers'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who bake for sale. They are more particular');">²⁰</span>

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