Commentary for Shabbat 129:7

בפלפל ובגלגל מלח: פלפל לריח הפה גלגל מלח לדורשיני: וכל דבר שנותנת לתוך פיה: זנגבילא אי נמי דרצונא:

in the other it was not.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rami b. Ezekiel refers to the latter case. ');">¹⁰</span> WITH A PEPPERCORN, AND WITH A GLOBULE OF SALT. A peppercorn is for [counteracting] the [evil] breath of the mouth; a globule of salt is for the gum.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jast. Rashi: toothache. ');">¹¹</span>

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