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והשחלים וחלגלוגות והביצים והגרגיר. ״ויצא אחד אל השדה ללקט אורות״, תנא משמיה דרבי מאיר: זה גרגיר. אמר רבי יוחנן: למה נקרא שמן ״אורות״ — שמאירות את העינים. אמר רב הונא: המוציא גרגיר, אם יכול לאכלו אוכלו, ואם לאו — מעבירו על גבי עיניו. אמר רב פפא: בגרגירא מצרנאה.
cress, purslane, eggs, and arugula. Apropos the arugula plant, the Talmud cites a verse: “And one of them went out into the fields to collect orot” (II Kings 4:39). It was taught in the name of R' Meir with regard to orot in this verse: This is the plant called arugula. R' Yoḥanan said: Why are these arugula plants called orot? It is because they enlighten [me’irot] the eyes. Rav Huna said: With regard to one who finds arugula, if he can eat it, he eats it, and if not, he passes it over his eyes, as that too is beneficial. Rav Pappa said: Arugula is most effective when it grows on the border of the field, where it is unadulterated by other plants.
אמר רב גידל אמר רב: אכסנאי לא יאכל ביצים, ולא יישן בטליתו של בעל הבית. רב כי מקלע לדרשיש, מכריז: מאן הויא ליומא. רב נחמן כד מקלע לשכנציב, מכריז: מאן הויא ליומא.
Rav Giddel said that Rav said: A guest should neither eat eggs, because they lead to a seminal emission, nor sleep in a garment belonging to the homeowner, his host, because if he experiences a seminal emission and it gets on the garment, he will be diminished in the estimation of his host. Apropos conduct of a guest, the Talmud relates: When Rav would happen to come to Darshish he would declare: Who will be married to me for the day that I am here so that I will not be unwed in this place, after which I will divorce her? Similarly, when Rav Naḥman would come to Shekhantziv he would declare: Who will be married to me for the day that I am here?
והתניא, רבי אליעזר בן יעקב אומר: לא ישא אדם אשה במדינה זו, וילך וישא אשה במדינה אחרת, שמא יזדווגו זה אצל זה ונמצא אח נושא אחותו (ואב נושא בתו), וממלא כל העולם כולו ממזרות, ועל זה נאמר: ״ומלאה הארץ זמה״. אמרי: רבנן — קלא אית להו.
But wasn’t it taught in a baraita that R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov says: A man should not marry a woman in one state and go and marry another woman in a different state, lest a match be arranged between the child of this wife with the child of that wife who are unaware of their relationship. This would lead to a brother marrying his sister or a father marrying his daughter, filling the whole world in its entirety with mamzerim. And concerning this it is stated: “And the land became filled with lewdness” (Leviticus 19:29). The rabbis say in response: The rabbis generate publicity. Since they were well-known, the identity of their children was also undoubtedly known. Therefore, there was no concern that errors of this kind would befall their children.