Reply To: Pesach questions

DY: sorry, I misquoted – 3rd cup should not be combined “for bad”
רָבָא אָמַר: כּוֹס שֶׁל בְּרָכָה מִצְטָרֵף לְטוֹבָה, וְאֵינוֹ מִצְטָרֵף לְרָעָה

Btw, interesting motivation for the discussion: after we say that we give poor people 4 cups, the question – for sure, Rabbis would not establish a law that puts people in danger, thus we need to find an explanation: הֵיכִי מְתַקְּנִי רַבָּנַן מִידֵּי דְּאָתֵי בֵּהּ לִידֵי סַכָּנָה

contrary to some CR residents, Gemorah is not ending it with “well, surely Tannaim knew daas Torah, so let’s not ask the question”

another possibility: Tannaim did not care about the pairs, but Amoraim did in part through their contact with Persians. A lot of following discussion of mazikim relates to Persian customs – either interacting or arguing with them. I started reading one fascinating dissertation comparing Persian culture with Talmudic, then almost started reading the second but stopped, realizing that I should not read them in pairs …