תלמוד על ברכות 7:1

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, Rebbi Yehudah and the rabbis disagree only when he intended afterwards to eat bread¹³⁷If the fruits are eaten as appetizers to be followed by a meal, then the benediction over bread for the main meal is a benediction over one of the Seven Kinds, even over the most important of the Seven Kinds. Hence, a benediction on some other fruit is no slight for the Land of Israel. But if the snack of fruits is not followed by bread and Grace after the meal then the fruits of the Land of Israel take precedence since they require at the end a “benediction imitating three benedictions” whereas other fruits only require the short benediction “Creator of living things” that earlier was considered to be “nothing”., but if he did not intend to eat bread afterwards, everybody agrees that if among them one is of the Seven Kinds, that is the one over which he recites the benediction. Rebbi Abba said, he has to recite a benediction at the end¹³⁸Even if Grace is recited afterwards.. Rebbi Yose said, the statement of Rebbi Abba disagrees with Rebbi Joshua ben Levi since Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, Rebbi Yehudah and the rabbis disagree only when he intended afterwards to eat bread, but if he did not intend to eat bread afterwards everybody agrees that if among them is one of the Seven Kinds, that is the one over which he recites the benediction; but Rebbi Abba said, he has to recite a benediction at the end. If he did not recite a benediction at the end it¹³⁹The fruit eaten as appetizer. became an accessory and we have stated there (Mishna 7): “In every situation where there is a main course and side dishes, one recites the benediction for the main course and thereby frees the side dishes.¹⁴⁰Hence, bread being the most important food and requiring recitation of full Grace, any fruit eaten beforehand becomes a side dish for the bread and should be covered by Grace. The Yerushalmi takes Mishnah 7 to apply also to benedictions after the meal, not only before the meal.”

Some Tannaim state it switched¹⁵⁸They state the Babylonian tradition that R. Meïr states “egg” and R. Jehudah “olive”.. Rebbi Jacob bar Aḥa in the name of Rebbi Yasa following our Mishnah¹⁵⁹He confirms the attributions as quoted in the Mishnah.. Rebbi Yudan said, an indication is that of Berakhot¹⁶⁰Mishnah Berakhot 7:2. “Inviting” is the exhortation for groups of at least 3 people who ate together to say Grace together aloud, with the appropriate introduction.: “What is the minimum to ‘invite’? Down to the size of an olive, Rebbi Jehudah says to the size of an egg.” Less than that¹⁶¹The size of an olive for R. Meïr, of an egg for R. Jehudah, or depending on the case an egg or an olive for the Sages. one does not importune him to return. What is the difference between one and the other¹⁶²This is a question for the Sages: why are they more restrictive for sacrificial meat than for leavened matter?? One can be declared insignificant, the other cannot be declared insignificant. So far sacrificial meat; leavened matter from where? Rebbi Yose ben Rabbi Abun said, from what we have stated, “similarly, somebody who left Jerusalem”, this implies that what is incident to one is incident to the other¹⁶³Since the rules of sacrificial meat are appended to those of leavened matter, they must follow the same pattern..