Mar the son of Rabina. For Mar the son of Rabina used to put the broken piece under the whole loaf and then break the bread. A nice compromise, indeed. Shalman, he replied. Scripture speaks of Bread of poverty.
Scripture speaks of double bread.
Mighty big chunk of bread . It is assumed that no one speaks from the time of saying the blessing over bread until the bread is broken AND eaten. If one does speak, one has to do the blessing again. The following cases review this rule and its application. Raba b. Samuel was once at the house of the Exilarch, and they brought him bread and he broke it at once.