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gulva, rye is dishra, and oats are shibbolei ta’ala. The Talmud infers: With regard to these species, yes, the obligation of ḥalla applies to them, but concerning rice and millet, no, the obligation of ḥalla does not apply to them.
The Talmud asks: From where is this matter, that only these 5 grains are obligated in the separations of ḥalla, derived? Reish Lakish said: This principle is derived by means of a verbal analogy between “bread” and “bread” from the case of matza. It is written here, with regard to ḥalla: “And it
The Talmud asks: And there, with regard to matza itself, from where do we derive that it must be from one of those 5 grains? The Talmud answers: Reish Lakish said, and likewise a Sage of the school of R' Yishmael taught, and likewise a Sage of the school of R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov taught, that the
§ The Mishnah teaches that each one of the 5 types of grain joins together with the others to constitute the measure that obligates one to separate ḥalla. It was taught in a baraita: With regard to grain from produce and flours and pieces of dough, each one of these joins together with the others.
Rav Kahana says: It was taught with regard to the prohibition of eating of the new crop prior to the sacrifice of the omer offering on the 16th of Nisan. If one ate grain, flour, and dough of the new crop that combined to equal the size of an olive-bulk, he is liable to receive lashes for transgres