Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 7/1/Translation


 * If three people eat together they are obligated to say zimun*.
 * If he ate from food which has not been tithed,
 * Or from the first tithe that had Terumah* separated,
 * Or the second tithe which had been sanctified and redeemed,
 * Or a servant that had eaten an olive's volume*, or a Cusi*,
 * He must say zimun with them.


 * (But) if he ate untithed produce,
 * Or the first tithe that had not had Terumah separated,
 * Or the second tithe which had been sanctified and not redeemed,
 * Or a servant that ate less than an olive's volume*, or an idol worshipper,
 * One cannot say zimun with them.

1. Zimun. A ritual in which the head of the household invites the other diners to bentch, or say Birkas HaMazon, the blessing after a meal 2. Terumah. Tithe 3. An olive's volume. The amount required to eat before being able to say Birkas HaMazon 4. Cusi. aka Cuthean, a sect of Jews who had converted from paganism and then renounced the Oral Torah. 5. A servant that ate less than an olive's volume. He must say a Bracha Acharonah, or a blessing after not eating an olive's volume of bread, and for that brachah no zimun is said