Related%20passage for Eruvin 56:3
ר' זירא כי הוה חליש מגרסיה הוה אזיל ויתיב אפיתחא דרב יהודה בר אמי אמר כי נפקי ועיילי רבנן איקום מקמייהו ואקבל בהו אגרא
What,' he asked him, 'did your Master teach you? ' - '[That the benediction for] cuscuta', the other replied: 'is "[Blessed.] Who createst the fru of the ground"<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. P.B., p. 290.');"><sup>4</sup></span> [and that for] lichen, is "[Blessed.] by Whose word all things were made".<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. P.B., p. 290.');"><sup>4</sup></span> 'On the contrary', he said to him, 'logically [the benedictions] should be reversed since the latter derives its nourishment from the earth while the former derives it from the air.
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