English: “Fine flour / choice flour.” It is written “kemach” and it is written “solet.” Rabbi Yitzchak said: From here we learn that a woman’s eye is tighter toward guests than a man’s.
On the daf / in context: The dual terminology (ordinary flour and fine flour) is taken to reflect Sarah’s more sparing attitude toward the quantity or quality offered to guests compared with Avraham’s.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The juxtaposition of two grades of flour yields a character observation about hospitality.
What Is Learned
The mention of both ordinary flour and fine flour teaches that a woman tends to be more sparing toward guests than a man.