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קאי עלייהו רב ייבא סבא. אמרו ליה: הב לן וניבריך. לסוף אמרו ליה: הב לן ונישתי, אמר להו: הכי אמר רב, כיון דאמריתו הב לן וניבריך, איתסרא לכו למישתי. מאי טעמא, דאסחיתו דעתייכו.
and Rav Yeiva the Elder stood over them to serve them. They said to him: Give us a cup of wine and we will recite the blessings of Grace after Meals. Ultimately, they changed their mind and said to him: Give us a cup of wine and we will drink it. He said to them that Rav said as follows: Since you have said: Give us a cup and we will recite the blessings of Grace after Meals, it is prohibited for you to drink any more. What is the reason for this? The reason is that you have diverted your attention from drinking. Therefore, if you want to drink any more, you must recite the blessing over wine again.
אמימר ומר זוטרא ורב אשי הוו יתבי בסעודה, וקאי עלייהו רב אחא בריה דרבא. אמימר בריך על כל כסא וכסא, ומר זוטרא בריך אכסא קמא ואכסא בתרא, רב אשי בריך אכסא קמא, ותו לא בריך.
The Talmud relates that Ameimar, Mar Zutra, and Rav Ashi were sitting at a meal, and Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, stood over them to serve them. Ameimar recited a blessing over each and every cup of wine he drank. And Mar Zutra recited a blessing over the first cup he drank during the meal and over the last cup he drank, upon concluding Grace after Meals. Rav Ashi recited a blessing over the first cup and did not recite any further blessings over the subsequent cups he drank.
אמר להו רב אחא בר רבא: אנן כמאן נעביד? אמימר אמר: נמלך אנא. מר זוטרא אמר: אנא דעבדי כתלמידי דרב.
Rav Aḥa bar Rava said to them: In accordance with whose opinion should we act in this matter? We have witnessed 3 different courses of action. Ameimar said: I repeatedly changed my mind. In other words, the reason Ameimar recited a blessing over each cup was not because he maintains that it is always necessary to do so. Rather, he drank each cup with the intention that it should be his last. Consequently, he diverted his attention from drinking each time, and therefore he was required to recite a new blessing before he could drink again. Mar Zutra said: I acted in accordance with the opinion of the students of Rav. They maintain that one who prepares to recite Grace after Meals has completely diverted his attention from drinking, and therefore the blessing on wine that one recites during the meal does not include the wine he drinks after Grace after Meals.