Berachos Daf 40 ברכות דַף 40

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1. Speaking after saying Hamotzi

Although one may not talk in between reciting a brachah and eating, one is permitted to speak between making Hamotzi and eating of the bread if the purpose is to facilitate the eating of the bread.

-Rav says one is allowed to tell the people seated at the table to take a piece of bread.

-R’ Yochanan says one is even allowed to ask for salt or relish to be brought to the table to enhance the taste of the bread.

-Rav Sheishess says one is even allowed to ask that food be prepared for his animals since it is forbidden for a person to eat before he gives food to his animals.

2. What type of tree was the Eitz HaDaas?

A Baraisa is brought that lists various opinions regarding what type of tree Adam HaRishon ate from (i.e. the Eitz HaDaas):

-R’ Meir – It was a grapevine. R’ Meir’s reasoning is that we find that “wine brings wailing upon a person,” and the Eitz HaDaas brought about death.

-R’ Nechemyah – It was a fig tree. R’ Nechemyah’s reasoning is that it is logical that Hashem will bring about Adam and Chava’s “repair through what caused their damage,” i.e. since their “repair” was through a fig tree, as they sewed fig leaves to wear, their “damage” i.e. their downfall of eating from the Eitz HaDaas as well must have been through a fig tree.

-R’ Yehuda – It was wheat. R’ Yehuda’s logic is that since a child does not know his first words of “Abba” and “Imma” until he begins to eat grain, this indicates that grain is associated with the development of Daas.

3. The proper text for a berachah

There is a dispute regarding the required text for a berachah:

- Rav says that any berachah that does not mention Hashem’s name is not considered a berachah.

כל ברכה שאין בה הזכרת השם אינה ברכה

- Rav Yochanan says that any berachah that does not include Hashem’s name and does not mention Hashem’s sovereignty over the world as well, is not considered a berachah.

כל ברכה שאין בה מלכות אינה ברכה