Study Berakhot folio 37A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Therefore, he teaches us: Anything that has of the 5 species of grain in it, even if it is in the context of a mixture with other ingredients. And had he taught us only: Anything that has of the 5 species of grain in it, I would have said that specifically over anything that has of the 5 species of
With regard to the previous conclusion, the Talmud asks: And over rice and millet we do not recite: Who creates the various kinds of nourishment? But wasn’t it taught in a baraita: If they brought before him rice bread or millet bread, he recites the blessing over it both before and after, as he wou
The Talmud rejects this proof: Indeed, rice or millet is like a cooked dish, and is not like a cooked dish in every sense. The Talmud elaborates: It is considered like a cooked dish in that one recites a blessing over it both at the beginning and the end. And it is unlike a cooked dish in that over
The Talmud challenges: And rice is not a cooked dish? Wasn’t it taught in a baraita that these are cooked dishes: Wheat kernels split into two parts, wheat kernels crushed into 3 parts [teraggis], flour, wheat kernels crushed into 4 parts [zariz], wheat kernels crushed into 5 parts [arsan] and rice?
The Talmud responds: Whose opinion is reflected in this baraita? It is R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri’s opinion, as it was taught in a baraita: R' Yoḥanan ben Nuri says: Rice is a type of grain in every respect and, therefore, one is liable to death by karet if it leavens on Passover and he eats it intentional