Pesachim 172

יכול יהא נאכל בשתי חבורות ת"ל בבית אחד יאכל

You might think that it may be eaten in two companies. Therefore it is stated, 'In one house shall it be eaten.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each Paschal lamb must be eaten in one company, but the person is not bound to retain the same position in the company all the time.');">¹</span>

במאי קמיפלגי רבי יהודה סבר יש אם למסורת ור' שמעון סבר יש אם למקרא

Wherein do they differ? R'Judah holds: The traditional [non-vocalized] text is authoritative; while R'Simeon holds: The text as read [as vocalized] is authoritative.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. 1; also Sanh., Sonc. ed. p. 10, n. 4.');">²</span>

היו יושבין ונפרסה מחיצה ביניהם לדברי האומר פסח נאכל בשתי חבורות אוכלין לדברי האומר אין הפסח נאכל בשתי חבורות אין אוכלין

If they were sitting [in one company], and a partition was spread between then,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus transforming them into two companies.');">³</span> - on the view that [one] Paschal lamb may be eaten in two companies, they may eat [thus]; [but] on the view that [one] Paschal lamb may not be eaten in two companies, they may not eat [thus].

היו יושבין ונסתלקה מחיצה ביניהן לדברי האומר האוכל אוכל בשני מקומות אוכלין לדברי האומר אין האוכל אוכל בשני מקומות אין אוכלין

If they were sitting<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In two rooms.');">⁴</span> , when the partition was removed from between them:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus making them into one company; furthermore, a new area is added to each, and this renders the whole as another place.');">⁵</span>

יתיב רב כהנא קא פשיט ליה מפשט א"ל רב אשי לרב כהנא ותיבעי לך איבעיא סילוק מחיצה ועשיית מחיצה מי הוי כב' מקומות וכב' חבורות דמי או לא תיקו:

on the view that the eater may eat in two places, they may [go on] eating [thus]; but on the view that the eater may not eat in two places, they may not [go on] eating. R'Kahana sat [and] stated this as a definite ruling.

הכלה הופכת את פניה וכו': מ"ט א"ר חייא בר אבא א"ר יוחנן מפני שהיא בושה

Said R'Ashi to R'Kahana: You should [rather] ask it as a question: Does the removing of a partition or the setting up of a partition transform it into two places or two companies [respectively] or not? The question stands over.

רב הונא בריה דרב נתן איקלע לבי רב נחמן בר יצחק אמרו ליה מה שמך אמר להו רב הונא אמרו ניתיב מר אפוריא יתיב יהבו ליה כסא קבליה בחד זימנא ושתייה בתרי זימני ולא אהדר אפיה

THE BRIDE TURNS HER FACE AWAY etc. What is the reason? - Said R'Hiyya B'Abba in R'Johanan's name: Because she is modest.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And as a bride she is naturally the cynosure of all eyes.');">⁶</span> R'Huna the son of R'Nathan visited the home of R'Nahman B'Isaac.

אמרו ליה מ"ט קרית לך רב הונא אמר להו בעל השם אני מ"ט כי אמרו לך ניתיב אפוריא יתבת אמר להו כל מה שיאמר לך בעל הבית עשה (חוץ מצא)

They asked him, 'What is your name? ' 'Rab Huna,' replied he.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mentioning his title of Rabbi.');">⁷</span> 'Would you, Sir, sit down on the couch,' said they, and he sat down.

מאי טעמא כי יהבי לך כסא קבלת בחד זימנא אמר להו מסרבין לקטן ואין מסרבין לגדול מ"ט אשתיתיה בתרי זימני אמר להו דתניא השותה כוסו בבת אחת הרי זה גרגרן שנים דרך ארץ שלשה מגסי הרוח מאי טעמא לא אהדרת אפך אמר להו כלה הופכת פניה תנן

Then they offered him a goblet, which he accepted at the first [invitation]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. , 'in one time' - he did not wait to be pressed a second time.');">⁸</span> but he drank it in two times, without turning his face away.

ר' ישמעאל ברבי יוסי איקלע לבי רבי שמעון ברבי יוסי בן לקוניא יהבו ליה כסא קבליה בחד זימנא ושתייה בחד זימנא אמרי ליה לא סבר לה מר השותה כוסו בבת אחת הרי זה גרגרן אמר להו לא אמרי בכוסך קטן ויינך מתוק וכריסי רחבה

They asked him, 'What is the reason that you called yourself Rab Huna? ' [He replied:] 'That is my name.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'I am the master of the name'. Rashi: I have been called Rab Huna even as a child. Thus Rab in his case was a proper name, not only a title. [R. Hananel: an ordained Rabbi and known by this designation.]');">⁹</span> 'What is the reason that when they told you to sit on the couch you did sit? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The couch was reserved for distinguished visitors, others sitting on ordinary stools. His immediate compliance therefore savoured of arrogance.');">¹⁰</span>

אמר רב הונא בני חבורה נכנסין בשלשה ויוצאין אפילו באחד אמר רבה והוא דעייל בעידנא דרגילי למיעל והוא דרגש בהו דיילא

Said he to them: 'Whatever your host tells you, do.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec.: except 'depart'. The text reads better without this addition, but if it is retained it was probably meant humorously - a guest should not outstay his welcome until he is told to go!');">¹¹</span> 'What is the reason that when a goblet was offered you you accepted it at the first invitation? ' Said he to them: 'One must show reluctance to a small man, but one must not show reluctance to a great man.'

אמר רבינא ונותנין שכר דמים וצריך האחרון להוסיף דמים ולית הלכתא כוותיה:

Why did you drink it in two times? ' - Said he to them: 'Because it was taught: He who drinks his goblet in once is a gourmand; in two times, shows good breeding; in three times, is of the arrogant. Why did you not turn your face away? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would have been more mannerly in their opinion.');">¹²</span>

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך כיצד צולין</strong></big><br><br>

- 'We learned, A BRIDE TURNS HER FACE AWAY,' replied he.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not others.');">¹³</span> R'Ishmael Son of R'Jose visited the home of R'Simeon B'R'Jose B'Lakunia. They offered him a goblet, which he accepted at the first invitation and drank in one draught. Said they to him: 'Do you not agree that he who drinks his goblet in one draught is greedy'? Said he to them: 'This was not said when your goblet is small, your wine sweet, and my stomach broad'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Ishmael was very stout, v. 84a.');">¹⁴</span> R'Huna said: The members of a company enter three at a time, and depart even singly.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: This does not refer particularly to the Passover-offering. The members of a company should enter for meals three at a time in order to facilitate the work of the waiter, but may depart even singly though the waiter has still to attend on the rest. R. Han.: When a company registers for a Passover-offering and three of them (but not less) enter the house at the normal time for eating, they can eat without waiting for the rest. But if they had already assembled and then left for some purpose, even if only one is left he can eat alone and need not wait for their return.');">¹⁵</span> Rabbah observed: But that is only if they enter at the time when people generally enter,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., not earlier, in which case they must wait for the rest.');">¹⁶</span> and providing that the attendant had taken notice of them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to Rashi: They notified the waiter of their intention to depart singly. R. Hananel: The waiter had been sent to find them and failed. MS.M. too reads: the attendant has searched for them.');">¹⁷</span> Rabina said: And they must make their [full] payment;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [To the waiter for the extra trouble incurred. R. Hananel: the one who eats the Paschal lamb on his own, if he ate more than his share, v. khhs Aruch s.v. .]');">¹⁸</span> and the last must pay extra.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the water for the extra trouble incurred. [R. Hananel omits this clause.]');">¹⁹</span> But the law does not agree with him. [