In the study of Gemara Brachot on page thirty-six, side a, a critical textual observation is made by the commentary of Tosafot. Addressing the heading that begins with the phrase "and the law is," the commentators note that while this specific phrasing appears in many printed versions of the Talmud, it should not be included in the official reading. They instruct that the word indicating a final legal ruling must be removed from the text of the Gemara in this instance.
The justification for this exclusion is based on the true source of the passage. Tosafot clarifies that the language used is actually the phrasing of the Halachot Gedolot, a work authored by one of the Rishonim. The text in question, which extends until the discussion regarding flour, was originally a legal summary from that later authority that eventually became mistakenly incorporated into the Talmudic text itself. By distinguishing between the original words of the Gemara and the later rulings of the early authorities, the commentators preserve the structural integrity of the discussion.