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ושמע מינה: אומר שתי קדושות על כוס אחד. ושמע מינה: בית שמאי היא, ואליבא דרבי יהודה.
And learn from it that if one has only one cup of wine, he may recite two sanctifications over one cup, as the baraita states that one may recite two entirely unrelated blessings over a single cup. And learn from it that this baraita is according to the ruling of Beit Shammai, in accordance with the explanation of R' Yehuda, who says that Beit Shammai maintain that one should recite the blessing over fire before the blessing over spices.
רב אשי אמר: טעמו פגמו וכוס של ברכה צריך שיעור — חדא מילתא היא.
Rav Ashi said: On close examination, two of the inferences from the baraita, the ruling that once one who has tasted the cup has disqualified it and the ruling that a cup of blessing requires a specific minimum measure, are actually one matter and should not be counted separately.
והכי קאמר: מאי טעמא טעמו פגמו? משום דכוס של ברכה צריך שיעור.
Rav Ashi elaborates: And this is what the baraita is saying: What is the reason that once one has tasted the cup he has disqualified it from further usage as a cup of blessing? It is because a cup of blessing requires a specific minimum measure. Once one has tasted, there is not enough wine left in the cup. The disqualification is not because of the act of tasting itself. If enough wine remains in the cup after one has taken a sip, it may be used again as a cup of blessing. This ruling is not in accordance with the opinion of certain rabbis, who maintain that sipping from the cup itself constitutes an inherent disqualification.
רבי יעקב בר אידי קפיד אחצבא פגימא. רב אידי בר שישא קפיד אכסא פגימא. מר בר רב אשי קפיד אפילו אחביתא פגימתא.
The Talmud relates that R' Ya’akov bar Idi was particular with regard to a blemished pitcher, i.e., he would not recite kiddush or havdala with a pitcher from which someone had already taken a sip. Rav Idi bar Sheisha was particular with regard to a blemished cup. Mar bar Rav Ashi was particular even with regard to a blemished jug and would take wine for kiddush only from a previously unopened jug.