Pesachim

Resh Lakish said: This1 proves that precepts require intention, [for] since he does not eat it2 the stage when bitter herbs are compulsory, he eats it with [the blessing,] ‘Who createst the fruit of the ground,’ and perhaps he did not intend [to fulfil the obligation of] bitter herbs; therefore he must dip it again with the express purpose of [eating] bitter herbs. For if you should think [that] precepts do not require intention, why two dippings: surely he has [already] dipped it once?3 But whence [does this food]? Perhaps after a precepts do not require intention, and as to what you argue, why two dippings, [the answer is,] that there may be a distinction for [the sake of] the children.4 And should you say, if so, we should be informed about other vegetables:5 If we were informed about other vegetables I would say: Only where other vegetables [are eaten first] do we require two dippings, but lettuce alone6 does not require two dippings:7 hence he informs us that even lettuce [alone] requires two dippings, so that there may be a distinction [shown] therewith for the children. Moreover, it was taught: If he ate them [the bitter herbs] while demai,8 he has discharged [his duty]; if he ate them without intention, he has discharged [his duty]; if he ate them, in half quantities,9 he has discharged [his duty], providing that he does not wait between one eating and the next more than is required for the eating of half [a loaf]?10 -it is [dependent on] Tannaim. For it was taught, R. Jose said: Though he has [already] dipped the lettuce [hazereth], it is a religious requirement to bring lettuce and haroseth and two dishes before him.11 Yet still, whence [does this food]: perhaps R. Jose holds [that] precepts do not require intention and the reason that we require two dippings is that there may be a distinction [shown] for the children?- If so, what is the ‘religious requirement?’ 12 What are the two dishes?-Said R. Huna: Beet and rice.13 Raba used to be particular for14 beet and rice, since it had [thus] issued from the mouth of R. Huna. R. Ashi said: From R. Huna you may infer that none pay heed to the following [ruling] of R. Johanan b. Nuri. For it was taught, R. Johanan b. Nuri said: Rice is a species of corn and kareth is incurred for [eating it in] its leavened state, and a man discharges his duty with it on Passover.15 Hezekiah said: Even a fish and the egg on it.16 R. Joseph said: Two kinds of meat are necessary, one in memory of the Passover-offering and the second in memory of the hagigah.17 Rabina said: Even a bone and [its] broth. It is obvious that where other vegetables are present, he recites18 the blessing, ‘who createst the fruit of the ground’ over the other vegetables and eats, and then19 recites the blessing, ‘[Who hast commanded us] concerning the eating of bitter herbs,’ and eats.20 But what if he has lettuce only? Said R. Huna: First he recites a blessing over the bitter herbs, ‘Who createst the fruit of the ground,’ and eats, and then [later] he recites over it ‘concerning the eating of bitter herbs’ and eats. recited, not ‘who hast commanded us concerning the eating (If bitter herbs,’ though later it will be eaten as an obligation. This he did not discharge his duty of eating bitter herbs with the first lettuce, because that was not his intention, which proves that one does not discharge one's duty unless it is expressly done with that intention. one of the vegetables which may be eaten as bitter herbs (v. supra 39a)? quantity which must be eaten.