## Pesachim Daf 110b

###### Pesachim 110b:1
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אִיבַּדּוּר תַּבְלוּנַיְיכִי, פָּרְחָא זִיקָא לְמוֹרִיקָא חַדְתָּא דְּנָקְטִיתוּ נָשִׁים כַּשְׁפָנִיּוֹת, אַדְּחַנַּנִּי וְחַנַּנְכִי לָא אֲתֵיתִי לְגוֹ, הַשְׁתָּא דַּאֲתֵיתִי לְגוֹ — קַרְחַנְנִי וַחֲנַנְכִי״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**your spices,** which you use for your witchcraft, **should scatter; the wind should carry away the fresh saffron that you witches hold** to perform your witchcraft. **As long as I was shown favor** from Heaven **and you showed me favor, I did not come here. Now that I have come here, your favor toward me has cooled and you should find favor.**


###### Pesachim 110b:2
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בְּמַעְרְבָא לָא קָפְדִי אַזּוּגֵי. רַב דִּימִי מִנְּהַרְדְּעָא קָפֵיד אֲפִילּוּ אַרוּשְׁמָא דְחָבִיתָא. הֲוָה עוֹבָדָא וּפְקַע חָבִיתָא. כְּלָלָא דְמִילְּתָא, כׇּל דְּקָפֵיד — קָפְדִי בַּהֲדֵיהּ, וּדְלָא קָפֵיד — לָא קָפְדִי בַּהֲדֵיהּ, וּמִיהוּ לְמֵיחַשׁ מִיבְּעֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates that **in the West,** Eretz Yisrael, **they were not particular with regard to pairs. Rav Dimi from Neharde’a was particular** about pairs **even with regard to the signs on a barrel;** he would not write pairs of symbols on a barrel. **There was an incident** in which there were pairs of symbols on a barrel **and the barrel burst.** The Gemara concludes: **The rule of the matter** is that **all who are particular** about pairs, the demons **are particular with him; and** if **one is not particular, they are not particular with him. However, one is required to be concerned** about the harm that might result from purposely performing actions in pairs.


###### Pesachim 110b:3
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כִּי אֲתָא רַב דִּימִי, אָמַר: שְׁתֵּי בֵיצִים, וּשְׁתֵּי אֱגוֹזִין, שְׁתֵּי קִישּׁוּאִין, וְדָבָר אַחֵר — הֲלָכָה לְמֹשֶׁה מִסִּינַי. וּמִסְתַּפְּקָא לְהוּ לְרַבָּנַן מַאי נִיהוּ דָּבָר אַחֵר, וּגְזוּר רַבָּנַן בְּכוּלְּהוּ זוּגֵי מִשּׁוּם דָּבָר אַחֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**When Rav Dimi came** from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, **he said:** With regard to **two eggs, two nuts, two cucumbers, and another matter,** there is **a *halakha*** transmitted **to Moses from Sinai** that they are dangerous in pairs. **But the Sages are uncertain** about **what the other matter is, and** therefore **the Sages decreed that all pairs** are prohibited **due to** that **other matter.**


###### Pesachim 110b:4
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וְהָא דַּאֲמַרַן עֲשָׂרָה, תְּמָנְיָא, שִׁיתָּא, אַרְבְּעָה אֵין בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם זוּגֵי, לָא אֲמַרַן אֶלָּא לְעִנְיַן מַזִּיקִין. אֲבָל לְעִנְיַן כְּשָׁפִים — אֲפִילּוּ טוּבָא נָמֵי חָיְישִׁינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** the Gemara notes that **that which we said** above, that the numbers **ten, eight, six,** and **four do not** cause the danger associated **with pairs, we said only with regard to harmful spirits. However, with regard to witchcraft, we are concerned even with regard to** one who performed an activity **a greater** number of times.


###### Pesachim 110b:5
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כִּי הָא דְּהָהוּא גַּבְרָא דְּגָרְשַׁהּ לִדְבֵיתְהוּ. (אֲזִיל) אִינַּסְבָה לְחַנְוָאָה. כׇּל יוֹמָא הֲוָה אָזֵיל וְשָׁתֵי חַמְרָא. הֲוָה קָא עָבְדָא לֵיהּ כְּשָׁפִים וְלָא קָא מַהְנְיָא לַהּ בֵּיהּ, מִשּׁוּם דַּהֲוָה מִזְדְּהַר בְּנַפְשֵׁיהּ בְּזוּגָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
This is **like that** incident involving **a certain man who divorced his wife. She went and married a shopkeeper** who sold wine in his store. **Every day,** the first husband **would go and drink wine** in that shop. His ex-wife **would perform witchcraft upon him, and it would not be effective for her** in her attempts to harm **him because he was careful with regard to pairs.**


###### Pesachim 110b:6
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יוֹמָא חַד אִשְׁתִּי טוּבָא, וְלָא הֲוָה יָדַע כַּמָּה שָׁתֵי. עַד שִׁיתְּסַר הֲוָה צְיִיל וְאִיזְדְּהַר בְּנַפְשֵׁיהּ, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ לָא הֲוָה צְיִיל וְלָא אִיזְדְּהַר בְּנַפְשֵׁיהּ, אַפֵּיקְתֵּיהּ בְּזוּגָא. כִּי הֲוָה אָזֵיל, גָּס בֵּיהּ הָהוּא טַיָּיעָא, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: גַּבְרָא קְטִילָא הוּא דְּאָזֵיל הָכָא. אָזֵיל חַבְּקֵיהּ לְדִיקְלָא, צְוַוח דִּיקְלָא וּפְקַע הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One day he drank a lot, and he did not know how much he drank. Until** he drank **sixteen** cups, **he was lucid and was careful with regard to himself,** to keep track of how many cups he had drunk. **From here onward he was not lucid and was not careful to** watch **himself, and she caused him to leave** after having consumed **a pair,** i.e., an even number of cups. **As he walked, a certain Arab met him and,** noticing that he was bewitched, **said to him: It is a dead man who walks here. He went and hugged a palm tree** for support; **the palm tree dried out** due to the witchcraft, **and he burst.**


###### Pesachim 110b:7
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אָמַר רַב עַוִּירָא: קְעָרוֹת וְכִכָּרוֹת אֵין בָּהֶם מִשּׁוּם זוּגוֹת. כְּלָלָא דְּמִילְּתָא: כׇּל שֶׁגְּמָרוֹ בִּידֵי אָדָם — אֵין בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם זוּגוֹת. גְּמָרוֹ בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם — בְּמִילֵּי מִינֵי דְמֵיכַל חָיְישִׁינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Avira said: Plates and loaves do not contain the element of** danger associated with **pairs.** The Gemara elaborates upon this point: **The rule of the matter** is that **anything** whose production **was completed by people,** whether a vessel or food, **they do not contain the element of** danger associated with **pairs.** Conversely, if the object **was completed by Heaven,** e.g., **with regard to types of food, we are concerned.**


###### Pesachim 110b:8
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חֲנוּת — אֵין בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם זוּגוֹת. נִמְלָךְ — אֵין בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם זוּגוֹת. אוֹרֵחַ — אֵין בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם זוּגוֹת. אִשָּׁה — אֵין בָּהּ מִשּׁוּם זוּגוֹת. וְאִי אִשָּׁה חֲשׁוּבָה, חָיְישִׁינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Furthermore, **a store does not contain the element of** danger associated with **pairs.** If one eats there, there is no danger, as this is not his regular place. If one **changed one’s mind** after drinking an odd number of cups and added one more, his drinking **does not contain the element of** danger associated with **pairs,** as he did not initially intend to drink an even number. The behavior of **a guest** who eats or drinks in someone else’s house **does not contain the element of** danger associated with **pairs,** as his host determines how much he will eat and drink. The behavior of **a woman does not contain the element of** danger associated with **pairs,** as demons are not particular with regard to how much a woman eats or drinks. **But if** she is **an important woman, we are concerned.**


###### Pesachim 110b:9
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אָמַר רַב חִינָּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ: אִיסְפָּרָגוֹס — מִצְטָרֵף לְטוֹבָה, וְאֵין מִצְטָרֵף לְרָעָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ḥinnana, son of Rav Yehoshua, said: *Isparegus*,** a wine-based drink with added spices that people would regularly consume in the morning, **combines** with the number of cups of wine one has already consumed **for the good,** to raise the total to an odd number, **and does not combine for the bad,** to bring the sum to an even number.


###### Pesachim 110b:10
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אָמַר רָבִינָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא: זוּגֵי — לְחוּמְרָא. וְאָמְרִי לֵיהּ: זוּגֵי — לְקוּלָּא. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: תְּרֵי דְחַמְרָא וְחַד דְּשִׁיכְרָא — לָא מִצְטָרֵף, תְּרֵי דְשִׁיכְרָא וְחַד דְּחַמְרָא — מִצְטָרֵף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina said in the name of Rava:** If one is in doubt as to whether he has drunk in **pairs,** he should be **stringent** and drink another cup. **And** some **say** that one who is uncertain with regard to **pairs** should be **lenient** and not drink an additional cup, lest the additional cup be the even number. **Rav Yosef said: Two** cups **of wine and one** cup **of beer do not combine; two** cups **of beer and one** cup **of wine do combine.**


###### Pesachim 110b:11
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וְסִימָנָיךְ, זֶה הַכְּלָל: כׇּל הַמְחוּבָּר לוֹ מִן הֶחָמוּר מִמֶּנּוּ — טָמֵא, מִן הַקַּל מִמֶּנּוּ — טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** this is **your mnemonic** by which to remember this rule is a mishna concerning the *halakhot* of ritual purity. **This is the rule:** With regard to **anything attached to** an object, if the smaller piece **is more stringent than** the larger one, the combined object **is ritually impure;** if the attached substance **is more lenient than it,** the combined object **is ritually pure.** In other words, if a small piece of a type of fabric that contracts ritual impurity when it is relatively small, which is a stringency, is attached to a larger object comprised of a less valuable fabric that contracts ritual impurity only when it is bigger, the two materials combine to form a unified fabric that contracts ritual impurity if together they amount to the larger requisite size. However, if there is more of the stringent material, the two substances do not combine halakhically to form the amount of the smaller requisite size. Similarly, in the case of pairs, the wine is more significant than the beer. Therefore, the wine combines with the beer but not vice versa.


###### Pesachim 110b:12
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אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר רַב: תְּרֵי קַמֵּי תַּכָּא וְחַד אַתַּכָּא — מִצְטָרְפִי. חַד מִקַּמֵּי תַּכָּא וּתְרֵי אַתַּכָּא — לֹא מִצְטָרְפִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Naḥman said** that **Rav said:** If one drinks **two** cups **before the table** is brought and the meal begins **and one** cup **over the table they combine,** the person is not considered to have drunk a pair of cups. However, if one drinks **one** cup **before the table** is brought **and two** cups **over the table they do not combine;** the two cups he drank during the meal are considered a pair.


###### Pesachim 110b:13
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא: אַטּוּ אֲנַן לְתַקּוֹנֵי תַּכָּא קָא בָּעֵינַן? לְתַקּוֹנֵי גַּבְרָא בָּעֵינַן, וְגַבְרָא קָא מִיתְּקַן וְקָאֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Mesharshiya strongly objects to this** ruling: **Is that to say that we need to resolve the** problem of pairs with regard to the **table?** Is the presence of the table the decisive factor here? **We need to resolve** the problem with regard to **the person, and** with regard to **the person** it **is** considered **resolved.** He began drinking before the table was brought, and he has consumed an odd number of cups.


###### Pesachim 110b:14
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(אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא): דְּכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא תְּרֵי אַתַּכָּא וְחַד לְבָתַר תַּכָּא — לָא מִצְטָרְפִי. כִּי הַהִיא מַעֲשֶׂה דְּרַבָּה בַּר נַחְמָנִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rav Mesharshiya said: Everyone agrees** that if one drank **two** cups **over the table** during the meal **and one after the table** has been removed, **they do not combine.** This is **like that incident** involving **Rabba bar Naḥmani,** in which someone drank in pairs and was harmed. Rabba instructed them to return the table so that the man could drink an additional cup over the table. This shows that the additional cup counts only if the drinker returns to the table.


###### Pesachim 110b:15
[Pesachim 110b:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/110b:15)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: כׇּל הַמָּזוּג — מִצְטָרֵף,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Yehuda said** that **Shmuel said: Any** type of drink that is **diluted combines** to form an even or odd number,