## Berakhot Daf 51a

###### Berakhot 51a:1
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בְּמִידֵּי דְּלָא מִמְּאִיס נָמֵי, לְסַלְּקִינְהוּ לְצַד אֶחָד וְלִיבָרֵךְ? תַּרְגְּמַהּ רַב יִצְחָק קַסְקְסָאָה קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר אָבִין מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: מִשּׁוּם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״יִמָּלֵא פִי תְּהִלָּתֶךָ״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara asks: **With regard to a** food **item that does not become disgusting as well, let him shift it to the side and recite the blessing.** Why need he spit it out? **Rav Yitzḥak Kaskesa’a explained before Rabbi Yosei bar Avin, in the name of Rabbi Yoḥanan:** One spits it out **because it is stated: “My mouth will be filled with Your praise”** (Psalms 71:8), meaning that one should recite God’s praises with his entire mouth, not merely half.


###### Berakhot 51a:2
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בְּעוֹ מִינֵּיהּ מֵרַב חִסְדָּא: מִי שֶׁאָכַל וְשָׁתָה וְלֹא בֵּרַךְ, מַהוּ שֶׁיַּחֲזוֹר וִיבָרֵךְ? אֲמַר לְהוּ: מִי שֶׁאָכַל שׁוּם וְרֵיחוֹ נוֹדֵף, יַחְזוֹר וְיֹאכַל שׁוּם אַחֵר כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא רֵיחוֹ נוֹדֵף?!

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**They raised a dilemma before Rav Ḥisda: One who ate and drank and did not recite a blessing, what is** the ruling? Does he **return and recite** the blessing that he should have recited beforehand before he continues eating or not? In response, Rav Ḥisda **said to them** an analogy: Should **one who ate garlic and the odor** on **his** breath **smells return and eat another garlic so that the odor** on **his** breath **will smell?** That is to say, one must recite a blessing. Should one who committed a transgression and failed to recite a blessing before eating, remedy his situation by continuing to eat without reciting a blessing (*Talmidei Rabbeinu Yona*)?


###### Berakhot 51a:3
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אָמַר רָבִינָא: הִלְכָּךְ אֲפִילּוּ גָּמַר סְעוּדָּתוֹ, יַחְזוֹר וִיבָרֵךְ. דְּתַנְיָא: טָבַל וְעָלָה, אוֹמֵר בַּעֲלִיָּיתוֹ ״בָּרוּךְ אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל הַטְּבִילָה״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Ravina said: Therefore, even if one finished his meal, he must return and recite a blessing.** He cites a proof, **as it was taught** in a *baraita* with regard to the laws of immersion: **One** who was ritually impure **who immersed** himself in a ritual bath **and emerged, as he emerges he recites: Blessed…Who has made us holy through His mitzvot and has commanded us about ritual immersion.** Evidently, in certain cases, one may recite the blessing after completing the act.


###### Berakhot 51a:4
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וְלָא הִיא, הָתָם — מֵעִיקָּרָא גַּבְרָא לָא חֲזֵי, הָכָא — מֵעִיקָּרָא גַּבְרָא חֲזֵי, וְהוֹאִיל וְאִידְּחִי — אִידְּחִי.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara rejects the parallel between the cases: **That is not so,** as **there,** in the case of immersion, **initially,** before he immersed himself, **the man was unfit** to recite the blessing because he was ritually impure; **here,** in the case where one did not recite a blessing before eating, **initially he was fit** to recite the blessing, **and since** he did not recite the blessing before he ate and he concluded his meal **and is, therefore, excluded** from reciting the blessing, he is completely **excluded** and has no way to remedy the situation.


###### Berakhot 51a:5
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: אִסְפָּרָגוֹס — יָפֶה לַלֵּב וְטוֹב לָעֵינַיִם, וְכׇל שֶׁכֵּן לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִם. וְהָרָגִיל בּוֹ — יָפֶה לְכׇל גּוּפוֹ. וְהַמִּשְׁתַּכֵּר הֵימֶנּוּ — קָשֶׁה לְכׇל גּוּפוֹ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
Tangential to the laws concerning wine that the Gemara cited earlier, **the Sages taught: *Asparagus*,** wine or other alcoholic beverages that they were accustomed to drink early in the morning before eating, **is agreeable for the heart and beneficial for the eyes, and all the more so for the intestines. And** in extolling the virtues of this drink, the Gemara says: **One who is accustomed to** drink it, **it is agreeable for his entire body.** However, one must be careful, as **one who** drinks excessively and **becomes drunk, it is harmful for his entire body.**


###### Berakhot 51a:6
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מִדְּקָתָנֵי יָפֶה לַלֵּב, מִכְּלָל דִּבְחַמְרָא עָסְקִינַן, וְקָתָנֵי: וְכׇל שֶׁכֵּן לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִם. וְהָתַנְיָא: לְלַעַ״ט — יָפֶה, לְרָמַ״ת — קָשֶׁה!

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara discusses this: **From the fact that it was taught** that *asparagus* is **agreeable for the heart,** it may be inferred that **we are dealing with** *asparagus* made from **wine,** which is known to be agreeable for the heart. **And we learned: And all the more so,** *asparagus* is **beneficial for the intestines. Wasn’t it taught** in a *baraita*: **For *L-E-T*,** which is an acronym for *lev*, heart; *einayim*, eyes; *teḥol*, spleen, **it is beneficial,** but **for *R-M-T*,** *rosh*, head; *me’ayim*, intestines; *taḥtoniot*, hemorrhoids, **it is harmful.** Apparently, *asparagus* is harmful for one’s intestines.


###### Berakhot 51a:7
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כִּי תַּנְיָא הַהִיא, בִּמְיוּשָּׁן. כְּדִתְנַן: קֻוֽנָּם יַיִן שֶׁאֲנִי טוֹעֵם, שֶׁהַיַּיִן קָשֶׁה לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִם. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: וַהֲלֹא מְיוּשָּׁן יָפֶה הוּא לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִם! וְשָׁתַק — אָסוּר בְּחָדָשׁ, וּמוּתָּר בִּמְיוּשָּׁן. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara responds: **That** *baraita*, in which **it was taught** that *asparagus* is beneficial to one’s intestines, refers to *asparagus* made **with old** wine. **As we learned** in the mishna concerning the laws of vows that one who vowed: **Wine is *konam* for me to taste because it is harmful to the intestines, and** those who heard him **said to him: But isn’t old** wine **beneficial to the intestines? If he was silent** and did not argue the point, he is **forbidden** to drink **new** wine because of his vow, **but he is permitted** to drink **old** wine. **Conclude from this** that old wine is beneficial for the intestines.


###### Berakhot 51a:8
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: שִׁשָּׁה דְּבָרִים נֶאֶמְרוּ בְּאִסְפָּרָגוֹס: אֵין שׁוֹתִין אוֹתוֹ אֶלָּא כְּשֶׁהוּא חַי וּמָלֵא; מְקַבְּלוֹ בְּיָמִין וְשׁוֹתֵהוּ בִּשְׂמֹאל; וְאֵין מְשִׂיחִין אַחֲרָיו, וְאֵין מַפְסִיקִין בּוֹ; וְאֵין מַחֲזִירִין אוֹתוֹ אֶלָּא לְמִי שֶׁנָּתְנוּ לוֹ; וְרָק אַחֲרָיו; וְאֵין סוֹמְכִין אוֹתוֹ אֶלָּא בְּמִינוֹ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**The Sages taught: Six things were said with regard to *asparagus*: One only drinks it undiluted and** from a **full** cup; **he receives it** from the attendant **in** his **right** hand **and drinks it with** his **left** hand; **one should not converse after** drinking it **and one does not stop** while drinking **it,** but should drink it all at once; **one only returns it to** the one **who gave it to him; and he spits after** drinking **it; and one may only supplement it with its own kind,** meaning that after drinking *asparagus*, one should only eat something that is used to make similar beverages, e.g., dates after date beer, etc.


###### Berakhot 51a:9
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וְהָתַנְיָא אֵין סוֹמְכִין אוֹתוֹ אֶלָּא בְּפַת! לָא קַשְׁיָא, הָא — בִּדְחַמְרָא, הָא — בִּדְשִׁכְרָא.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara challenges: **Wasn’t it taught** in a *baraita* that **one may only supplement** *asparagus* **with bread?** The Gemara responds: That is **not difficult. This** *baraita***,** in which it was taught that one supplements it with bread, refers to *asparagus* made **of wine,** while **that** *baraita***,** in which it was taught that one supplements it with its own kind, refers to *asparagus* made **of beer.**


###### Berakhot 51a:10
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תָּנֵי חֲדָא לְלַעַ״ט יָפֶה, לְרָמַ״ת קָשֶׁה. וְתַנְיָא אִידַּךְ: לְרָמַ״ת יָפֶה, לְלַעַ״ט קָשֶׁה! לָא קַשְׁיָא, הָא — בִּדְחַמְרָא, הָא — בִּדְשִׁכְרָא.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**It was taught** in **one** *baraita* that *asparagus* **is beneficial for *L-E-T*,** heart, eyes, and spleen, **and harmful for *R-M-T*,** head, intestines, and hemorrhoids. **And it was taught** in **another** *baraita* that *asparagus* **is beneficial for *R-M-T*,** head, intestines, and hemorrhoids, **and harmful for *L-E-T*,** heart, eyes, and spleen. The Gemara responds: That is **not difficult. This** *baraita,* in which it was taught that *asparagus* is beneficial for *L-E-T*, refers to *asparagus* made **of wine,** while **that** *baraita,* in which it was taught that *asparagus* is harmful for *L-E-T*, refers to *asparagus* made **of beer.**


###### Berakhot 51a:11
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תָּנֵי חֲדָא: רָק אַחֲרָיו — לוֹקֶה. וְתַנְיָא אִידַּךְ: לֹא רָק אַחֲרָיו — לוֹקֶה! לָא קַשְׁיָא, הָא — בִּדְחַמְרָא, הָא — בִּדְשִׁכְרָא.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara resolves a contradiction between two other *baraitot* in the same manner. **It was taught** in **one** *baraita* that **if he spit after** drinking *asparagus*, he **suffers** an illness. **And it was taught** in **another** *baraita* that **if he did not spit after** drinking *asparagus*, he **suffers** an illness. The Gemara responds: That is **not difficult. This** *baraita,* in which it was taught that if he spit after drinking it he **suffers** an illness, refers to *asparagus* made **of wine,** while **that** *baraita,* in which it was taught that if he did not spit he suffers an illness, refers to *asparagus* made **of beer.**


###### Berakhot 51a:12
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אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: הַשְׁתָּא דְּאָמְרַתְּ לֹא רָק אַחֲרָיו לוֹקֶה, מֵימָיו נִזְרָקִין אֲפִילּוּ בִּפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rav Ashi said: Now** that **you said** that **if he did not spit after** drinking it he **suffers** an illness, **its water,** the saliva in his mouth after drinking *asparagus***,** may be expelled **even** when standing **before the king,** as failure to do so will endanger him.


###### Berakhot 51a:13
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אָמַר רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן אֱלִישָׁע: שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים סָח לִי סוּרִיאֵל שַׂר הַפָּנִים: אַל תִּטּוֹל חֲלוּקְךָ בְּשַׁחֲרִית מִיַּד הַשַּׁמָּשׁ וְתִלְבַּשׁ. וְאַל תִּטּוֹל יָדֶיךָ מִמִּי שֶׁלֹּא נָטַל יָדָיו. וְאַל תַּחֲזִיר כּוֹס אִסְפָּרָגוֹס אֶלָּא לְמִי שֶׁנְּתָנוֹ לְךָ — מִפְּנֵי שֶׁתַּכְסְפִית, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ, אִסְתַּלְגָּנִית שֶׁל מַלְאֲכֵי חַבָּלָה מְצַפִּין לוֹ לָאָדָם, וְאוֹמְרִים: אֵימָתַי יָבֹא אָדָם לִידֵי אֶחָד מִדְּבָרִים הַלָּלוּ וְיִלָּכֵד.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha said: Suriel, the** heavenly **ministering** angel **of the Divine Presence, told me three things** from on high: **Do not take your cloak in the morning from the hand of your servant and wear it; do not** ritually **wash your hands from one who has not** ritually **washed his** own **hands; and only return a cup of *asparagus* to** the one **who gave it to you.** Why is this? **Because a band of demons and some say a band of angels of destruction** lie in **wait for a person and say: When will a person encounter one of these circumstances and be captured?**


###### Berakhot 51a:14
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אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי, שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים סָח לִי מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת: אַל תִּטּוֹל חֲלוּקְךָ שַׁחֲרִית מִיַּד הַשַּׁמָּשׁ וְתִלְבַּשׁ. וְאַל תִּטּוֹל יָדֶיךָ מִמִּי שֶׁלֹּא נָטַל יָדָיו. וְאַל תַּעֲמוֹד לִפְנֵי הַנָּשִׁים בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁחוֹזְרוֹת מִן הַמֵּת, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֲנִי מְרַקֵּד וּבָא לִפְנֵיהֶן וְחַרְבִּי בְּיָדַי וְיֵשׁ לִי רְשׁוּת לְחַבֵּל.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
Similarly, the Gemara relates that **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: The Angel of Death told me three things: Do not take your cloak in the morning from the hand of your servant and wear it; do not** ritually **wash your hands from one who has not** ritually **washed his** own **hands; and do not stand before the women when they return from** the burial of **the deceased, because I dance and come before them and my sword is in hand, and I have license to destroy.**


###### Berakhot 51a:15
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וְאִי פָּגַע, מַאי תַּקַּנְתֵּיהּ? לִינְשׁוֹף מִדּוּכְתֵּיהּ אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת, אִי אִיכָּא נַהֲרָא — לֶיעְבְּרֵיהּ, וְאִי אִיכָּא דַּרְכָּא אַחֲרִינָא — לֵיזִיל בַּהּ, וְאִי אִיכָּא גּוּדָא — לֵיקוּ אֲחוֹרָא, וְאִי לָא — לַיהְדַּר אַפֵּיהּ וְלֵימָא: ״וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ אֶל הַשָּׂטָן יִגְעַר ה׳ בְּךָ וְגוֹ׳״ עַד דְּחָלְפִי מִינֵּיהּ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara asks: **And if one encounters** women returning from a funeral, **what is his remedy?** The Gemara answers: **Let him jump four cubits from where he stands; if there is a river, let him cross it; if there is another path, let him go down it; if there is a wall, let him stand behind it; and if not, he should turn his face around and recite** the verse: **“And the Lord said to the Satan: The Lord rebukes you,** Satan, the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebukes you; is not this man a brand plucked from the fire?” (Zechariah 3:2), **until they pass him.**


###### Berakhot 51a:16
[Berakhot 51a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Berakhot/r/51a:16)

אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא אָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: עֲשָׂרָה דְּבָרִים נֶאֶמְרוּ בְּכוֹס שֶׁל בְּרָכָה: טָעוּן הַדָּחָה וּשְׁטִיפָה. חַי וּמָלֵא. עִיטּוּר וְעִיטּוּף. נוֹטְלוֹ בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדָיו, וְנוֹתְנוֹ בַּיָּמִין. וּמַגְבִּיהוֹ מִן הַקַּרְקַע טֶפַח, וְנוֹתֵן עֵינָיו בּוֹ. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: אַף מְשַׁגְּרוֹ בְּמַתָּנָה לְאַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֹ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rabbi Zeira said** that **Rabbi Abbahu said, and some say that this** *halakha* **was taught in a *baraita*: Ten things were said with regard to a cup of blessing,** e.g., the cup of wine over which Grace after Meals is recited: **It requires rinsing and washing;** it must be **undiluted** wine, **and full;** it requires **adorning and wrapping; he takes it in his two hands and places it in his right** hand, **and he lifts it** at least **one handbreadth from the ground, and** when reciting the blessing **he fixes his eyes upon it. And some say: He also sends it as a gift to members of his household.**


###### Berakhot 51a:17
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אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: אָנוּ אֵין לָנוּ אֶלָּא אַרְבָּעָה בִּלְבַד: הֲדָחָה, שְׁטִיפָה, חַי, וּמָלֵא. תָּנָא: הֲדָחָה — מִבִּפְנִים, וּשְׁטִיפָה — מִבַּחוּץ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan said: We only have four** of those ten things: **Rinsing, washing,** the wine must be **undiluted, and** the cup must be **full.** In explanation, **it was taught: Rinsing is from the inside** of the cup, **and washing is from the outside** of the cup.


###### Berakhot 51a:18
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אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: כׇּל הַמְבָרֵךְ עַל כּוֹס מָלֵא — נוֹתְנִין לוֹ נַחֲלָה בְּלִי מְצָרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּמָלֵא בִּרְכַּת ה׳ יָם וְדָרוֹם יְרָשָׁה״. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר חֲנִינָא אוֹמֵר: זוֹכֶה וְנוֹחֵל שְׁנֵי עוֹלָמִים, הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְהָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Anyone who recites a blessing over a full cup, they give him a boundless inheritance, as it is stated: “And full of the blessing of the Lord, possess the sea and the south”** (Deuteronomy 33:23), indicating that one whose cup is full will receive God’s blessing and will inherit from all sides. **Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina says: He merits and inherits two worlds, this world and the World-to-Come.**


###### Berakhot 51a:19
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עִיטּוּר. רַב יְהוּדָה מְעַטְּרֵהוּ בְּתַלְמִידִים, רַב חִסְדָּא מְעַטַּר לֵיהּ בְּנַטְלֵי. אָמַר רַבִּי חָנָן: וּבְחַי. אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת: וּבְבִרְכַּת הָאָרֶץ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara continues explaining the ten things said with regard to the cup of blessing: The Sages would **adorn** the cup of blessing in different ways. **Rav Yehuda** would **adorn it with students,** as when he recited the blessing he would surround himself with students to accord honor to the blessing. **Rav Ḥisda,** however, would **adorn it with** other **cups;** he would surround the cup of blessing with other cups. **Rabbi Ḥanan said: And** specifically **with undiluted** wine. **Rav Sheshet said: And in the blessing of the land.**


###### Berakhot 51a:20
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עִיטּוּף. רַב פָּפָּא מִעַטַּף וְיָתֵיב. רַב אַסִּי פָּרֵיס סוּדָרָא עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Sages also had different customs with regard to **wrapping. Rav Pappa** would **wrap** himself in his prayer shawl **and sit** and recite Grace after Meals. **Rav Asi spread a cloth on his head** as an sign of respect.


###### Berakhot 51a:21
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נוֹטְלוֹ בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדָיו. אָמַר רַבִּי חִינָּנָא בַּר פָּפָּא: מַאי קְרָאָה? — ״שְׂאוּ יְדֵיכֶם קֹדֶשׁ וּבָרְכוּ אֶת ה׳״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
With regard to what was said that **he takes it in his two hands, Rabbi Ḥinnana bar Pappa said: What is the verse** that proves this? As it is stated: **“Lift your hands in holiness and bless the Lord”** (Psalms 134:2).


###### Berakhot 51a:22
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וְנוֹתְנוֹ לַיָּמִין. אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: רִאשׁוֹנִים שָׁאֲלוּ: שְׂמֹאל מַהוּ שֶׁתְּסַיֵּיעַ לַיָּמִין? אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: הוֹאִיל וְרִאשׁוֹנִים אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ וְלֹא אִיפְּשִׁט לְהוּ,

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
As for what was said after he takes it in his two hands: **And he places it in his right** hand, **Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan said: The early** Sages **asked: What is** the ruling, may **the left** hand **assist the right** when taking the cup? **Rav Ashi said: Since the early** Sages **raised this dilemma and it was not resolved for them,**