HE SHOULD NOT GARGLE. Rashi explained thatone may not put oil in his mouth when he has a sore throat with the intent of leaving it therefor a while so that it will soothe his sore throat. Tosfos understands that Rashi holds that if he would swallow the oil immediately without allowing the oil to bathe the sore area in his throat, that would be permissible. And if you ask: if so, let the Tano make a distinctionwithin the case of drinking pure oil and teach usthat it is sometimes permissible in the very same case. Why did the Tano have to speak of adding oil to anigronto show us a permissible case**, even pure oil is permitted if one swallows it immediately, for it is only forbidden to bathe the throat, which is to keep the oil in the throat for some time?**¹ Tosfos is dissatisfied with Rashi’s explanation and offers his own. Rashi’s explanation is predicated on his translation of the word יערענוwhich means to bathe the throat by keeping the oil there for some time. Tosfos will explain that יערענוneed not necessarily mean that one bathe the throat by keeping the oil there. Therefore R”I explains, that לא יערענו, means that it is forbiddento drink oil even if one swallows the oilimmediately without keeping the oil in his throatfor a while. For any drinking that is only for medicinal purposes is called ערעור even when one swallows itimmediately. And this is the reason that it is forbidden because it is evident when one drinks pure oil that his intention is for medicinal purposeswhich is prohibited on Shabos. Alternatively, we can defend Rashi’s explanationas follows: the first sentence of the Braiso remains the same **do not bathe the throat by keeping the oil there for some time.**In the second sentence of the Braiso we will have a new understanding of the words. We will divide the sentence in two. The first part of the sentence is: **But he may put oil into anigron even to keep it in his throat for a while.**The second part of the sentence is: Or he may swallow it unadulterated without keeping the oil in his throat.

footnotes: ¹ See Artscroll note 3, for a defense of Rashi’s explanation.

SINCE HE DERIVED PLEASURE FROM IT, HE MUST RECITE A BLESSING. And it appears that the matter is as follows: That if one drinks liquids, if the liquid is bad to drink to the extent that he has no pleasure from it, he need not recite a b’rochoh.