Berakhot 42B

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Additionally: If wine came before them during the meal, each and every diner recites a blessing over the wine for himself. If the wine came after the meal, one recites a blessing on behalf of them all. And he, who recited the blessing over the wine, also says the blessing over the incense [mugmar]

Talmud: With regard to the Mishnah’s statement that wine that precedes a meal exempts wine that follows a meal, Rabba bar bar Ḥana said that R' Yoḥanan said: This halakha was only taught with regard to Shabbat and Festivals, since, because one can continue drinking at his leisure, one bases his me

It was also stated: Rabba bar Mari said that R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: This was only taught in the Mishnah with regard to Shabbat and Festivals, and when a person emerges tired from the bathhouse, and wishes to eat and rest, and during bloodletting, after which one tends to drink a lot, since on

The Talmud relates that Rabba bar Mari happened to come to the house of Rava during the week. He saw him recite a blessing over wine before the meal, and again recite a blessing on the wine after the meal. He said to him: Well done. And so too, R' Yehoshua ben Levi said that this was proper conduct.

The Talmud also relates: R' Yitzḥak bar Yosef happened to come to the house of Abaye on a Festival. He saw that he recited a blessing over each and every cup of wine. R' Yitzḥak said to him: Does the Master not hold in accordance with that halakha of R' Yehoshua ben Levi, who said that one blessin