תלמוד על חלה 4:1

Rebbi Yose in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: This¹⁶This refers to the last statement of the Mishnah, that legal ḥallah can be taken as soon as the flour is moistened. R. Simeon ben Laqish must read with Maimonides that not 5 quarters are still dry. The Mishnah then does not imply that 5 quarters of flour are already moistened; one might object that then there is no obligation of ḥallah. is Rebbi Aqiba’s, as we have stated there¹⁷Mishnah 4:4.: “If somebody took ḥallah from a single qab, Rebbi Aqiba says it is ḥallah, but the Sages say it is no ḥallah.” Rebbi Aqiba said that only for the past, maybe for the start¹⁸If R. Aqiba validates ḥallah which was taken against the rules, it does not mean he will accept that one may start with the intention of giving ḥallah as long as the dough does not contain five quarters.? Here we deal with the start. Rebbi Jonah, Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish, they followed the manner of Rebbi Aqiba¹⁹Mishnah 3:1 cannot be derived from 4:4 but the Sages who declare ḥallah from less than 5 quarters invalid cannot accept Mishnah 3:1 (in the Maimonides version.).

There⁴⁰Mishnah 4:2, which seems to contradict the statement of the Mishnah here that the five kinds of grains can be added together for the minimal amount needed for the obligation of ḥallah., we have stated: “What means one species with itself? Wheat does not go together with anything but spelt. Barley goes together with everything except wheat.” Rebbi Yose said it without attribution, Rebbi Jonah in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: “There if it bites⁴¹If different doughs are placed together so they touch one another and, if separated again, small parts of one dough will cling to the other. Then all pieces together form one dough for ḥallah if made from compatible flours., here if it was mixed⁴²If there is only one dough made from mixed flour, it is subject to ḥallah as if it were of homogeneous flour.. Rebbi Ḥiyya stated: All those which he mixed as grains, flour, or dough, go together.” If he mixed the ends of doughs together? Rebbi Yose said, is biting not like mixing together? You say they do not go together, so here they do not go together⁴³Since biting is a weak form of mixing, the rule of the Mishnah here applies only if the entire doughs are mixed, following R. Ḥiyya (the elder)..

The arguments of Rebbi Aqiba are switched. There⁶⁰Mishnah 4:4: “If somebody took ḥallah from [a dough being only] one qab, R. Aqiba says it is ḥallah, but the Sages say it is not.” Here, he declares that a dough of one qab is exempt., he says one takes ḥallah from a qab, and here he says so? There after the fact, here before the fact.