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בשלמא למאן דאמר תמרי דזיקא, היינו דהכא קרי לה ״נובלות״ סתמא, והתם קרי לה ״תמרה״, אלא למאן דאמר בושלי כמרא, ניתני אידי ואידי ״נובלות תמרה״, או אידי ואידי ״נובלות״ סתמא. קשיא.
Granted, according to the one who said that novelot temara are dates felled by the wind, that is why here, when our Mishnah speaks of ruined dates, it calls them novelot, unmodified and there, when it speaks of those that fell because of the wind, it calls them novelot temara. However, according to the one who said that novelot temara are dates burned by the heat of the sun, it should have taught in this Mishnah here and that, the Mishnah in tractate Demai, novelot temara; or taught in this and that novelot, unmodified. The use of different terms indicates that the mishnayot are discussing different items. No answer was found to this question, and the Talmud notes that indeed, according to the one who said that novelot temara are dates burned by the heat of the sun, it is difficult.
היו לפניו מינין הרבה וכו׳. אמר עולא: מחלוקת בשברכותיהן שוות, דרבי יהודה סבר מין שבעה עדיף, ורבנן סברי מין חביב עדיף. אבל בשאין ברכותיהן שוות — דברי הכל מברך על זה, וחוזר ומברך על זה.
The Mishnah cited a dispute with regard to the order in which one is supposed to recite the blessings when there were many types of food before him. R' Yehuda says: If there is one of the 7 species for which Eretz Yisrael was praised among them, he recites the first blessing over it. And the Rabbis say: He recites a blessing over whichever of them he wants. Ulla said: This dispute is specifically in a case where the blessings to be recited over each type of food are the same, as in that case R' Yehuda holds: The type of the 7 species takes precedence, and the Rabbis hold: The preferred type takes precedence, and a blessing is recited over it first. However, when their blessings are not the same, everyone agrees that one must recite a blessing over this type of food and then recite another blessing over that, ensuring that the appropriate blessing is recited over each type of food.