Rav Makes Kiddush: A Collection of Texts Relating to Rav Making Kiddush & Making Statements on Kiddush

אותם בני אדם שקידשו בבית הכנסת אמר רב ידי יין לא יצאו ידי קידוש יצאו

With regard to those people who recited kiddush in the synagogue, as was customarily done at the conclusion of the prayer service on Shabbat night, Rav said: "They have not fulfilled their obligation to recite a blessing over wine. However, they have fulfilled their obligation of reciting kiddush."

והא יום טוב שחל להיות אחר השבת דאית ליה ואמר רב יקנה

And nevertheless Rav said that the proper order of the blessings is according to the Hebrew acronym yod, kuf, nun, heh: The blessing over the wine [yayin], kiddush, the blessing over the candle [ner], and havdala. This ruling shows that one recites kiddush and havdala over the same cup of wine.

אמר רב כשם שהשבת קובעת למעשר כך שבת קובעת לקידוש

Rav said: Just as Shabbat establishes food consumption as a regular, set meal with regard to tithes, so Shabbat establishes the requirement to recite kiddush

אמר להו רב יצחק בר שמואל בר מרתא אכתי לא נח נפשיה דרב שכחנינהו לשמעתתיה זמנין סגיאין הוה קאימנא קמיה דרב זימנין דחביבא עליה ריפתא מקדש אריפתא זימנין דחביבא ליה חמרא מקדש אחמרא

Rav Yitzḥak bar Shmuel bar Marta said to them: "Not a lot of time has yet passed since Rav died, and we have already forgotten his halakhic rulings. Many times I stood before Rav and saw that sometimes he preferred bread, and he would recite kiddush over bread. On those occasions Rav would wash his hands, recite kiddush over the bread, and eat it. At other times he preferred wine and would recite kiddush over wine."

אמר רב הונא אמר רב טעם אינו מקדש

Rav Huna said: "Rav said: 'One who tasted, does not recite kiddush.'"

בעא מיניה רב הונא מרב חסדא מהו לקדושי אשיכרא אמר השתא ומה פירזומא ותאיני ואסני דבעאי מיניה מרב ורב מרבי חייא ורבי חייא מרבי ולא פשט ליה שיכרא מיבעיא

Rav Huna raised a dilemma before Rav Ḥisda: What is the halakha with regard to whether it is permitted to recite kiddush over date beer?

He said: Now, if with regard to barley beer, fig beer, and beer produced from berries, I raised a dilemma before Rav as to whether or not they may be used for kiddush, and Rav had previously raised this dilemma before Rabbi Ḥiyya, and Rabbi Ḥiyya had inquired of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, and he did not resolve it for him, as he could not find a source that clearly permits it, is it necessary to say that date beer, which is inferior to those other types of beer, may not be used for kiddush?

אמר להו רב חסדא הכי אמר רב כשם שאין מקדשין עליו כך אין מבדילין עליו

Rav Ḥisda said to them: "This is what Rav said: 'Just as one may not recite kiddush over date beer, so one may not recite havdala over it.'"

רב אשכחיה רב הונא דקדיש אשיכרא

אמר ליה שרי אבא למיקני איסתירי משיכרא

Rav was found by Rav Huna reciting kiddush over beer.

He said to him: "Abba has started to acquire coins with beer."

אמר רב הונא אמר רב וכן תני רב גידל דמן נרש המקדש וטעם מלא לוגמא יצא ואם לאו לא יצא

Rav Huna said: "Rav said - and Rav Giddel from Neresh similarly teaches: 'One who recites kiddush and tastes a cheekful has fulfilled his obligation, and if not, he has not fulfilled his obligation.'"