Pesachim

You might think that it may be eaten in two companies. Therefore it is stated, ‘In one house shall it be eaten.’1 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. 2 If they were sitting [in one company], and a partition was spread between then,3 — 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]. If they were sitting4 , when the partition was removed from between them:5 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. 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. 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.6 R. Huna the son of R. Nathan visited the home of R. Nahman b. Isaac. They asked him, ‘What is your name?’ ‘Rab Huna,’ replied he.7 ‘Would you, Sir, sit down on the couch,’ said they, and he sat down. Then they offered him a goblet, which he accepted at the first [invitation]8 but he drank it in two times, without turning his face away. They asked him, ‘What is the reason that you called yourself Rab Huna?’ [He replied:] ‘That is my name.’9 ‘What is the reason that when they told you to sit on the couch you did sit?’10 Said he to them: ‘Whatever your host tells you, do.’11 ‘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. ‘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?’12 — ‘We learned, A BRIDE TURNS HER FACE AWAY,’ replied he.13 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’.14 R. Huna said: The members of a company enter three at a time, and depart even singly.15 Rabbah observed: But that is only if they enter at the time when people generally enter,16 and providing that the attendant had taken notice of them.17 Rabina said: And they must make their [full] payment;18 and the last must pay extra.19 But the law does not agree with him. [ company all the time. place. proper name, not only a title. [R. Hananel: an ordained Rabbi and known by this designation.] therefore savoured of arrogance. humorously — a guest should not outstay his welcome until he is told to go! 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. sent to find them and failed. MS.M. too reads: the attendant has searched for them. more than his share, v. Aruch s.v. khhs.]