Talmud for Genesis 40:16
וַיַּ֥רְא שַׂר־הָאֹפִ֖ים כִּ֣י ט֣וֹב פָּתָ֑ר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף אַף־אֲנִי֙ בַּחֲלוֹמִ֔י וְהִנֵּ֗ה שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה סַלֵּ֥י חֹרִ֖י עַל־רֹאשִֽׁי׃
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph: ‘I also saw in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head;
Jerusalem Talmud Beitzah
“One does not bake his bread as large loaves but as thin cakes.” Since you tire him100Since making single small loaves is more work that making one large loaf. he bakes only what is needed. Rebbi Aḥa understood it from the following: what is this great burning rage101Deut. 29:23, root חרר.. The Sages understand it from the following, and behold, three bags of white-flour baked goods on my head102Gen. 40:16, root חרר..
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