Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Talmud for Berakhot 85:4

מיתיבי כיצד סדר הסבה אורחין נכנסין ויושבין על גבי ספסלין ועל גבי קתדראות עד שיכנסו כולם הביאו להם מים כל אחד ואחד נוטל ידו אחת בא להם יין כל אחד ואחד מברך לעצמו עלו והסבו ובא להם מים אף על פי שכל אחד ואחד נטל ידו אחת חוזר ונוטל שתי ידיו בא להם יין אף על פי שכל אחד ואחד ברך לעצמו אחד מברך לכולם

Against this teaching is quoted : What is the procedure of reclining? The guests enter and seat themselves upon stools and chairs until all are assembled. Then water is brought to them, and each washes one hand. Wine is set for them, and each says the benediction for himself. They thereupon ascend [the couch] and recline, and water is brought before them ; and although each one has washed one hand, he again washes both hands. Wine is brought to them, and although each has said the benediction for himself, one may now say it for all !

Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot

It was stated181Tosephta Berakhot 4:8; Babli 43a. This Tosephta explains the background of the Mishnah.: The order of a formal meal: Guests enter and sit on low benches182Latin subsellium. or on chairs183Greek καθέδρα. until all of them are assembled. They are served wine; everyone makes the benediction for himself. They bringthem water, everyone washes one hand. They bring them snacks, everyone makes the benediction for himself. When they entered184The dining room. הסב means “to lie on couches” in Mishnaic Hebrew. and lie down on couches they are served wine; even though one made the benediction on the first one, he must now make the benediction on the second one; one of them makes the benediction for all of them. They bring them water; even though one had washed one hand, he now has to wash both hands. When they are served snacks, one makes the benediction for all of them. No guest may enter after three servings of snacks.
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