Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Pesachim 83:21

ת"ר שלשה דברים ממעטין את הזבל וזוקפין את הקומה ומאירין את העינים אלו הן פת נקייה בשר שמן ויין ישן פת נקייה

THE SPECIES OF CORN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As enumerated in the Mishnah supra 35a.');"><sup>28</sup></span> MUST BE REMOVED ON PASSOVER'THESE ARE SUBJECT TO A WARNING',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is a technical term, denoting a negative injunction, the violation of which is punished by flagellation.');"><sup>29</sup></span> BUT THEY DO NOT INVOLVE KARETH. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Our Rabbis taught: Three things were said of Babylonian kutah: it closes up the heart,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Probably, makes its action sluggish.');"><sup>30</sup></span> blinds the eyes, and emaciates the body. It closes up the heart, on account of the whey of milk; and it blinds the eyes, on account of the salt; and it emaciates the body, on account of the stale crusts.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jast.: the decay of the flour-substance.');"><sup>31</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: Three things increase one's motion, bend the stature, and take away a five hundredth part of a man's eyesight. They are these: Coarse black bread, new beer, and raw vegetables. Our Rabbis taught: Three things decrease one's motion, straighten the stature, and give light to the eyes. These are they: White<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'clean'.');"><sup>32</sup></span> bread, fat meat, and old wine. White bread,

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