Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Pesachim 209:11

איתיביה כבוד יום וכבוד לילה כבוד יום קודם ואם אין לו אלא כוס אחד אומר עליו

For it was taught in R'Akiba's name: He who tastes anything before reciting habdalah shall die through choking.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through being unable to catch his breath.');"><sup>18</sup></span> The Rabbis of R'Ashi's academy were not particular about water. Rabina asked R'Nahman B'Isaac: He who did not recite kiddush on the eve of the Sabbath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., at the very commencement of the Sabbath' immediately after nightfall. Perhaps the phrase, eve of the Sabbath' indicates that the idn ovrct kiddush was slightly advanced, so as to avert the possibility of commencing the Sabbath too late; cf. O.H. 271, 1 and a.l.');"><sup>19</sup></span> can he proceed to recite kiddush at any time of the day?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the Sabbath.');"><sup>20</sup></span> - Said he to him: Since the sons of R'Hiyya said, he who did not recite habdalah at the termination of the Sabbath can proceed to recite habdalah the whole week, [it follows that] there too, he who did not recite kiddush on the eve of the Sabbath can proceed to recite kiddush at any time of the day. He raised an objection to him: On the nights of the Sabbath and on the nights of a Festival there is sanctification [kiddush] over the cup [of wine] and a reference [to the Sabbath or Festival] in the Grace after meals.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Special passages are inserted.');"><sup>21</sup></span> On the Sabbath and a Festival<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., during the daytime.');"><sup>22</sup></span> there is no sanctification over a cup [of wine], but there is a reference in the Grace after meals. Now if you should think that he who did not recite kiddush on the eve of the Sabbath can proceed to recite kiddush the whole day, then on the Sabbath and festival [during the day] too there may be sanctification over the cup, 'or if he did not recite kiddush in the evening, he recites kiddush on the morrow? -Said he to him: He [the Tanna] does not teach a case of 'if'. He raised an objection to him: [If a man must choose between] the honour of the day and the honour of the night,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Sabbath is honoured by indulging in more drink and special dainties; here he lacks sufficient for additions at all meals, and must choose between them.');"><sup>23</sup></span> the honour of the day takes precedence; and if he has only one cup [of wine], he recites

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