[Mesorah] Hamotzi lechem min ha'adama???

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:24:59PM -0500, Sholom Simon wrote:
: I think that is an answer to the "hamotzie" part -- but the original 
: question is: why davka "ha'aretz" as opposed to "ha'adamah" ?  (And, 
: for p'ri ha'adamah, why that rather than p'ri ha'aretz)? 

Here's a half-baked idea for the chevrah to discuss/refute:

Do we ever find farmers working "ha'aretz"?

OTOH, hamotzi lekhem is explicitly about Hashem's contribution despite
the harvesting, winnowing, grinding, mixing, kneading and baking, so
there we switch to "aretz" that lacks the "farmed" connotation.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

PS: Apologies for the "half-baked" pun.

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