פסחים 103 — parallel

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Rabbah said: Yahnak; Levi said: Kanyah; the Rabbis said: Kiynah; ‘ Mar the son of Rabina said: Nakyah; Martha said in R. Joshua's name: Niyhak. Samuel's father sent to Rabbi: Let our Master teach us what is the order of habdaloth. He sent [back] to him: Thus did R. Ishmael b. R. Jose say, speaking in the name of his father who said it on the authority of R. Joshua b. Hananiah: [The order is] Nahiyk. R. Hanina said: R. Joshua b. Hananiah's [ruling] may be compared to a king who departs [from a place] and governor who enters: [first] you escort the king [out], and then you go forth to greet the governor. What is our decision thereon? — Abaye said: [The order is] Yakaznah; while Raba maintained: Yaknehaz. And the law is as Raba. R. Huna b. Judah visited Raba's home. Light and spices were brought before them, [whereupon] Raba recited a blessing over the spices first and then one over the light. Said he to him: But both Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel [agree that] light comes first and then spices? And to what is this [allusion]?For we learned: Beth Shammai maintain. Light and Grace [after meals], spices and habdalah; while Beth Hillel rule: Light and spices, Grace and habdalah! Thereat Raba answered: These are the words of R. Meir; but R. Judah said: Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel did not differ about Grace, [agreeing] that it comes at the beginning and about habdalah, that it comes at the end. About what do they differ? About light and spices. Beth Shammai maintain: Light [first] and then spices; while Beth Hillel rule: Spices [first] and then light; and R. Johanan said [thereon]: The people act in accordance with Beth Hillel as interpreted by R. Judah. R. Jacob b. Abba visited Raba's home. He saw him recite the blessings ‘who createst the fruit of the vine over the first cup, and then he recited a blessing over the cup of Grace and drank it. Said he to him: ‘Why do you need all this? Surely, sir, you have [already] recited a blessing for us once?’ ‘When we were at the Resh Galutha's we did thus,’ replied he. ‘It is well that we did this at the Resh Galutha's,’ said he, ‘because there was a doubt whether they would bring us [more wine] or they would not bring us [more]. But here, surely the [second] cup stands before us and we have it in mind?’ ‘I acted in accordance with Rab's disciples ‘ he replied. For R. Beruna and R. Hananel, disciples of Rab, were sitting at a meal,

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[and] R. Yeba Saba waited on them. Said they to him, ‘Give us [wine] and we will say Grace.’ Subsequently they said, ‘Give us [wine] and we will drink.’ Said he to them, ‘Thus did Rab say: Once you have said, "Give us [wine] and we will say Grace, It is forbidden to you to drink. What is the reason? Because you let it pass out of your minds.’ Amemar and Mar Zutra and R. Ashi were sitting at a meal and R. Aha the son of Raba waited on them. Amemar recited a separate blessing for each cup; Mar Zutra recited a blessing over the first cup and over the last cup; [but] R. Ashi recited a blessing over the first cup and no more. Said R. Aha b. Raba to them: in accordance with whom are we to act?-Amemar replied: I made a [fresh] decision [each time] . Mar Zutra replied: I acted in accordance with Rab's disciples. But R. Ashi maintained: The law is not as Rab's disciples for surely when a Festival falls after the Sabbath, Rab ruled: [The order is] Yaknah. But that is not so: there he had detached his mind from drinking; [whereas] here he had not detached his mind from drinking. When he came to perform habdalah, his attendant arose and kindled a torch at a lamp. Said he to him, ‘Why take all this trouble? Surely the lamp is standing before us!’ ‘My servant has acted of his own accord,’ replied he. ‘Had he not heard it thus from you,’ he retorted, ‘he would not have done it.’ Said he to him: ‘Do you then not hold, [To employ] a torch for habdalah is the best way of performing the precept?’ Then he commenced [habdalah] and recited: ‘He who makes a distinction between holy and non-holy, between light and darkness, between Israel and the nations, between the seventh day and the six working days.’ Said he to him: ‘Why do you need all this? Surely Rab Judah said in Rab's name: “He who makes a distinction between holy and non-holy," was the formula of habdalah as recited by R. Judah ha-Nasi?’ ‘I hold with the following,’ answered he. ‘For R. Eleazar said in R. Oshaia's name: He who would recite but few [distinctions] must recite not less than three; while he who would add, must not add beyond seven. Said he to him:

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