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one rescues food for 3 meals. What, is this not referring to a situation where he has not yet eaten any meals? Apparently, one is obligated to eat only 3 meals on Shabbat. The Talmud rejects this: No, it is referring to a situation where one already ate one meal. 3 meals still remain, in accordance
The Talmud challenges this: From the fact that it is taught in the latter clause of the Mishnah: R' Yosei says: One may always rescue food for 3 meals, by inference, even the first tanna holds that the obligation is to eat 3 meals, as there is no dispute with regard to the number of meals on Shabba
And that which we learned in another Mishnah: One who has sufficient food for two meals in his possession may not take food from the charity plate that is distributed to the poor. He is not considered needy and would be taking food at the expense of people who are worse off than he. And one who has
The Talmud asks: Let us say that this Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis and not in accordance with the opinion of R' Ḥidka. The Talmud rejects that approach: Even if you say that it is in accordance with the opinion of R' Ḥidka, the Mishnah can be understood, as we can say to
And that which we learned in another Mishnah: One gives no less charity to a poor person who is traveling from place to place than a loaf worth a pundeyon, 1/48th of a sela, when the standard price of grain is 4 se’a for a sela. If he sleeps there, one gives him money for sleeping; and if he spend