Pesachim 100b — the Talmud in English

And we object:

Is it so?

But Rav Taḥlifa bar Avdimi said in the name of Shmuel: Just as they interrupt ![](pamud.bmp "

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so they interrupt for Havdala!

For if they were dining the Shabbat meal close to the conclusion of Shabbat, and night arrived, they must interrupt and recite Havdala.

And the Gemara explains:

What is “they interrupt”?

Is it not,

do they not

remove the table!

For they must interrupt completely and recite the Grace after Meals.

And this is difficult for Rav Yehuda, who said in the name of Shmuel that spreading a cloth is sufficient.

And we answer:

No!

Rather, “they interrupt” means

to

spread

a cloth

and recite Kiddush, and likewise to recite Havdala, and afterward he continues his meal.

Rabba bar Rav Huna happened to come to the house of the exilarch. They brought a table before him,

They brought a table before him after he had returned from the synagogue on Shabbat night.

He spread a cloth

over the bread

and recited Kiddush.

For initially, one should not bring the bread at all, but only after Kiddush, as below. And the reason is so that it will be apparent to everyone that the meal comes in honor of Shabbat. And if they brought the bread beforehand, they must cover it, and it is as though it is not present.

It was taught likewise:

Although Rabbi Yosei disagreed with Rabbi Yehuda, saying that if he began the meal before Shabbat, he need not interrupt when Shabbat entered, nevertheless he agrees

that

initially

one does not bring the table unless he has recited Kiddush.

And even though they intend to eat only after Kiddush.

And if he brought it, he spreads a cloth and recites Kiddush.

One teaches: they are equal

Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Yosei, who disagreed both with regard to beginning a meal on the eve of Shabbat from Minḥa time onward, and with regard to interruption when the day became sanctified, are equal

in that they do not begin

to eat close to Minḥa time.

And another teaches: they are equal in that they begin.

And we consider this:

Granted, this that was taught

“they are equal in that they do not begin”—

you can find it on the eve of Passover,

as we said above, that Rabbi Yosei agrees on the eve of Passover that it is forbidden to begin eating close to Minḥa time.

Rather, this that was taught

“they are equal in that they begin

is difficult:

when

is it being discussed?

If you say it is on the eve of Shabbat—

they explicitly disagree.

For Rabbi Yehuda forbids beginning close to Minḥa time even on the eve of Shabbat!

This is not difficult:

Here, before nine

hours, all agree that they begin eating.

Here, after nine

hours, when Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Yosei disagreed whether it is permitted to begin on the eve of Shabbat and a Festival.

And now the Gemara explains the custom of reciting Kiddush in the synagogue.

Those people who recited Kiddush in the synagogue,

who were accustomed that the prayer leader would recite Kiddush in the synagogue on Shabbat night and on a Festival:

Rav said: the obligation of

the blessing of

wine they did not fulfill,

and if they wish to drink wine afterward in their homes, they must recite Borei peri ha-gefen again, because they do not fulfill their obligation through the blessing over wine in the synagogue, since they moved from their place, and it is considered a diversion of attention.

But

they fulfilled the obligation of Kiddush

even though they do not eat in the synagogue, since it is not necessary that Kiddush be in the place of a meal.