רב פפא אמר: אפילו שופתא [ד]מרא גייצי.
Rav Pappa said: They gnaw even on the handle of a hoe.
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רב פפא אמר: אפילו שופתא [ד]מרא גייצי.
Rav Pappa said: They gnaw even on the handle of a hoe.
תנו רבנן. חמשה דברים משכחים את התלמוד: האוכל ממה שאוכל עכבר וממה שאוכל חתול, והאוכל לב של בהמה, והרגיל בזיתים, והשותה מים של שיורי רחיצה, והרוחץ רגליו זו על גבי זו. ויש אומרים: אף המניח כליו תחת מראשותיו. חמשה דברים משיבים את התלמוד: פת פחמין וכל שכן פחמין עצמן, והאוכל ביצה מגולגלת בלא מלח, והרגיל בשמן זית, והרגיל ביין ובשמים, והשותה מים של שיורי עיסה. ויש אומרים: אף הטובל אצבעו במלח ואוכל.
§ A baraita states: There are 5 factors that cause one to forget his Torah study: One who eats from that which a mouse eats and from that which a cat eats, and one who eats the heart of an animal, and one who is accustomed to eating olives, and one who drinks water that remains from washing, and one who washes his feet with this foot atop that foot. And some say: Also one who places his garments under his head. Correspondingly, there are 5 factors that restore forgotten Torah study: Eating bread baked on coals and all the more so one who warms himself with the heat of the coals themselves, and one who eats a hard-boiled egg [beitza megulgelet] without salt, and one who is accustomed to eating olive oil, and one who is accustomed to drinking wine and smelling spices, and one who drinks water that remains from kneading dough. And some say: Also one who dips his finger in salt and eats it.
״הרגיל בשמן זית״. מסייע ליה לרבי יוחנן, דאמר רבי יוחנן: כשם שהזית משכח תלמוד של שבעים שנה, כך שמן זית משיב תלמוד של שבעים שנה.
The Talmud elaborates on the baraita: One who is accustomed to eating olive oil restores forgotten Torah study. The Talmud notes: This supports the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, as R' Yoḥanan said: Just as eating an olive causes one to forget 70 years’ worth of Torah study, olive oil restores 70 years’ worth of Torah study.
״והרגיל ביין ובשמים״. מסייע ליה לרבא, דאמר רבא: חמרא וריחני פקחין.
The baraita continues: And one who is accustomed to drinking wine and smelling spices restores forgotten Torah study. The Talmud notes: This supports the opinion of Rava, as Rava said: Wine and spices rendered me wise.
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