Rif Brachot 25a

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25a

{Brachot 35a}
What is his remedy?
Rava said: He should go to a Chacham {wise man}, from the start, and he will teach him blessings so that he does not come to commit me'ila {improper benefit from consecrated items}.

Rav Yehuda cited Shmuel: One who benefits from this world without a blessing is as if he benefited from the things consecrated to Heaven, for it is stated in Tehillim 24:1:

א לְדָוִד, מִזְמוֹר: לַה, הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ; תֵּבֵל, וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ.

1 A Psalm of David. {N} The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Rabbi Levi posed the following contradiction: It is written in Tehillim 24:1:

א לְדָוִד, מִזְמוֹר: לַה, הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ; תֵּבֵל, וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ.

1 A Psalm of David. {N} The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

and it is written in Tehillim 115:16:

טז הַשָּׁמַיִם שָׁמַיִם, לַה; וְהָאָרֶץ, נָתַן לִבְנֵי-אָדָם.

16 The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth hath He given to the children of men.

It is not a question. Here is before the blessing; here is after the blessing.

{Brachot 35b}
Rav Yehuda cited Shmuel, and so did Rabbi Yitzchak cite Rabbi Yochanan: Olive oil you bless upon it borei peri haEtz.
{Brachot 36a}
And this is specifically where he has a sore throat and drinks it via elaiogaron for then the oil is the main component, for they learnt {in a brayta}: One who has a sore throat he should not ease it with oil directly {on Shabbat for it is forbidden healing} but rather he should put a lot of oil into elaiogaron and swallow it. But if he consumed it via {absorbed in} bread, the bread would be the main component and the oil subsidiary, and we have learnt {tnan}: This is the rule: In the case that one is the main component and with it is a subsidiary, he blesses on the main component and thus exempts the subsidiary. And if he would drink the oil straight, it would injure him, and he does not make a blessing over it.

Wheat flour {when eaten raw}, Rav Yehuda said: Borei Peri HaAdama, and Rav Nachman said: SheHaKol.
And it is logical like Rav Nachman, for men are not accustomed to consume wheat flour, and so rule the Sages {Geonim}, and so too barley flour is also Shehakol, for Shmuel said: Raw palm heart {perhaps this should be: raw cabbage} and barley flour, we bless over them Shehakol. Palm heart, Rav Yehuda said: Borei Peri HaAdama, and Shmuel said: Shehakol, and the halacha is like Shmuel.