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GEMARA Our Rabbis have taught : Over anything whose growth is not food the earth, e.g. the flesh of cattle, beasts, birds and fish, one says "...By Whose word all things exist." Over milk, eggs and cheese, one says "...By Whose word." Over bread which has become mouldy, wine over which a film has formed, and cooked food which has gone bad, one says "...By Whose word." Over salt, brine, morils and truffles, one says "...By Whose word." That is to say that morils and truffles are not grown from the soil. There is, however, a teaching : He who vows not to eat fruits grown from the earth is forbidden to eat the fruits of the earth but is allowed morils and truffles; if he declares, "All that is grown from the earth shall be forbidden me," he is also prohibited from eating morils and truffles !

He said to him : I dreamt that I was shelling eggs. He replied : The dead hast thou stripped. He said to him, "I am guilty of all these acts with the exception of the last which is not [true]." Just then a woman came and said to him, "That cloak which thou art wearing belonged to so-and-so who died and thou didst strip him of it."

Who dreams of a cock may hope for a son, of cocks may hope for sons, of hens may hope for a beautiful rearing [of his children] and rejoicing. Who dreams of eggs, his petition remains in suspense ; if broken, his petition has been granted. Similarly is it with nuts and cucumbers and all glass vessels and all such breakable articles.

Casual eating and drinking are permitted outside the sukkah. How much is considered casual eating? R. Joseph said, [The volume of] two or three eggs. Abaye said to him: But sometimes this suffices for [a whole meal for] a man, and then it would be a set meal? ... Rather Abaye said: as much as a student and then goes into the learning session.

Levi used to juggle in the presence of Rabbi with eight knives, Shmuel before King Shapur with eight glasses of wine, and Abaye before Rabbah with eight eggs or, as some say, with four eggs.

Levi used to juggle in the presence of Rabbi with eight knives, Shmuel before King Shapur with eight glasses of wine, and Abaye before Rabbah with eight eggs or, as some say, with four eggs.