English: “The Sages taught: The blessing over bread is “Who brings forth bread from the earth.” Rabbi Nehemiah says: “Who brought forth bread from the earth.” The debate over the form of the blessing turns on the meaning of “hamotzi,” which also appears in “Who brings you out from under the burdens of Egypt.””
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Type of Learning
Talmudic linguistic interpretation of “hamotzi”
What Is Learned
The verse’s wording “hamotzi” becomes the basis for a discussion of tense and the wording of the blessing over bread.