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The Talmud recounts: R' Zeira took ill. R' Abbahu went to visit him and resolved: If the little man with the scorched legs, a nickname for R' Zeira, is cured, I will make a festival, a feast, for the rabbis. R' Zeira was cured and R' Abbahu made a feast for all the rabbis. When it came time to br
When the time came to recite the blessing, R' Abbahu said to R' Zeira: Master, recite Grace after Meals on our behalf. R' Zeira said to him: Doesn’t the Master hold in accordance with that halakha of R' Huna of Babylonia, who said: He who breaks bread recites Grace after Meals?
The Talmud asks: And in accordance with whose opinion does R' Abbahu hold that he asked R' Zeira to recite Grace after Meals?
The Talmud answers: R' Abbahu holds in accordance with that halakha that R' Yoḥanan said in the name of R' Shimon ben Yoḥai: The host breaks bread and a guest recites Grace after Meals. The host breaks bread so that he will break bread generously, whereas a guest might be embarrassed to break a lar
What is the formula of the blessing with which the guest blesses his host? May it be Your will that the master of the house shall not suffer shame in this world, nor humiliation in the World-to-Come.