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אחד מכל קרבן״, ״אחד״ — שלא יטול פרוס, והכא כמאן דפריסא דמיא, קא משמע לן.
one out of each offering for a gift to YHWH; it should belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace-offerings” (Leviticus 7:14), and the word “one” indicates that it must be a whole loaf, i.e., that one should not take a broken piece, and here the bread has not been properly baked, it might therefore have been thought that it is considered as though it were broken. Consequently, the baraita teaches us that this is nevertheless classified as bread.
מיתיבי: המעיסה — בית שמאי פוטרין, ובית הלל מחייבין. החליטה — בית שמאי מחייבין, ובית הלל פוטרין. איזהו המעיסה ואיזהו החליטה? המעיסה — קמח שעל גבי מוגלשין, החליטה — מוגלשין שעל גבי קמח.
The Talmud raises an objection: With regard to me’isa, dough that was boiled in water, Beit Shammai exempt one from separating ḥalla, and Beit Hillel obligate one to do so. As for dough that has undergone the process of ḥalita, Beit Shammai obligate one to separate ḥalla from it, and Beit Hillel exempt. The Talmud asks: What is me’isa and what is ḥalita? The Talmud explains: Me’isa is dough prepared by pouring flour on boiling water [muglashin], whereas ḥalita is formed by pouring boiling water on flour.
רבי ישמעאל ברבי יוסי אומר משום אביו: זה וזה לפטור, ואמרי לה: זה וזה לחיוב, וחכמים אומרים: אחד זה ואחד זה, עשאן באילפס — פטור, בתנור — חייב.
R' Yishmael, son of R' Yosei, said in the name of his father: From both this, me’isa, and that, ḥalita, one is exempt from separating ḥalla. And some say that he said: With regard to both this and that, one is obligated to separate ḥalla. And the Rabbis say: With regard to both this and that, if one prepared them in a pot, he is exempt from the mitzva of ḥalla; however, if he prepared the bread in an oven, he is obligated to separate ḥalla.