תּלמוד אויף דברים 16:2

Rebbi Jonah, Rebbi Zeïra, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish in the name of Rebbi Ismael. Rebbi Mana said, I went to Caesarea and heard Rebbi Aḥava ben Rebbi Zeïra¹⁴The son of R. Zeïra who had been a baraita teacher in his father’s academy. The father of R. Mana was R. Jonah., but my father said it in the name of Rebbi Ismael¹⁵A similar text Sifry Num. 110. As regards Passover only, Babli Pesaḥim 35a, Mekhilta deR. Ismael Bo Chap. 8, 17; Sifry Num. 146.: “Bread” is mentioned for Passover¹⁶Deut. 16:2. and “bread” is mentioned for ḥallah¹⁷Num. 15:19.. Since bread mentioned in a discussion of Passover is something that can be either maẓẓah or leavened, bread mentioned for ḥallah must be something that can be either maẓẓah or leavened. They checked and found that only the five kinds can be either maẓẓah or leavened; all others cannot be maẓẓah¹⁸Rice cakes, while unleavened, cannot be called maẓẓah since rice bread (not containing gluten) does not qualify as leavened bread. If left standing with leavening it will not rise but spoil. or leavened but would spoil.

One verse says²⁵Deut. 16:2., you shall sacrifice a Pesaḥ to the Eternal, your God, small cattle and large cattle. Another verse says²⁶Ex. 12:5.,from sheep and goats you shall take. How is this? Small cattle for Pesaḥ, small and large cattle for the festival sacrifice²⁷Babli 70b, Sifry Deut. 129, not in the name of Hillel..

Rebbi Jeremiah asked before Rebbi Zeïra: One mixed four qab²⁵Since Mishnah 2:6 states that dough made from ⁵/₄ qab of flour is subject to ḥallah, it is clear that one has to read here “quarter qab” instead of qab. The leavened flour by itself is not enough to induce an obligation of ḥallah. separately and made them leavened, and another four qab²⁶Another ⁵/₄ qab of rice, millet, or pea flour which cannot be leavened and which by themselves never induce an obligation of ḥallah. separately and mixed them. Then at the moment of their obligation²⁷After he mixed the leavened dough with the non-grain flour, he now has 2 qab which potentially are obligated for ḥallah. for ḥallah can they become maẓẓah or leavened? [He said to him, its kind becomes maẓẓah or leavened.²⁸If the leavened flour were more than the unleavened, the unleavened could be disregarded and all would be subject to ḥallah but when is it evenly split it does not satisfy our crtiteria.] Rebbi Jonah parallels Rebbi Jeremiah, Rebbi Yose parallels Rebbi Zeïra. Rebbi Jonah parallels Rebbi Jeremiah, just as Rebbi Jeremiah says, only if it is called bread, so Rebbi Jonah says, only if it is called bread^15,A similar text Sifry Num. 110. As regards Passover only, Babli Pesaḥim 35a, Mekhilta deR. Ismael Bo Chap. 8, 17; Sifry Num. 146.¹⁶Deut. 16:2.. Rebbi Yose parallels Rebbi Zeïra, just as Rebbi Zeïra said only if its kind is called bread, so Rebbi Yose said only if its kind is called bread¹²This must be R. Simeon ben Laqish. R. Yose asserts that R. Ismael accepted the inference as valid; “dough” includes every bread-dough made from grains similar to the bread grains wheat and barley.. Rebbi Yose parallels Rebbi Hila²⁹He says in Halakhah 3:6 that there can be no obligation of ḥallah unless more then 50% is bread flour and the finished product tastes like bread. R. Zeïra in that Halakhah is quoted as stating that R. Hila got the names of the Tannaïm wrong in his baraita. even though he disagrees with him.