In the previous shiur, we read carefully the gemara’s fine-tuning of the difficulty with the drash brought in the beraita at the top of the page. Now that we understand the kushya, we can discuss more fully the answer given, which we read very quickly at the end of the shiur. Please review this material, and if there are any questions you can ask them at the beginning of this shiur,
In this shiur, as noted, we will first go over the answer brought by the gemara, which essentially requires an additional drash, which we will discuss. Following this, we will then move on to the 2nd half of the sugya. We will read it, translate it, and break it down into its component parts, trying to identify the flow of the logic. The goal of the gemara remains: to fully work out the source and derivation of the obligation to make a blessing before eating any kind of food. This takes us down to the two dots, towards the bottom of the page on Berachot 35a.