א אָסְרוּ חֲכָמִים לֶאֱכֹל פַּת שֶׁל עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים. וְיֵשׁ מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁמְּקִילִין וְלוֹקְחִין פַּת מִנַּחְתֹּם עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין שָׁם נַחְתֹּם יִשְֹרָאֵל, אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ יֵשׁ, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵין הַפַּת יָפֶה כְּמוֹ זֶה. אֲבָל בְּפַת שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבּיִת עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים, לֹא הָיוּ מְקִלִּין. אַךְ בִּשְׁעַת הַדְּחַק, וּמִי שֶׁהוּא בַּדֶּרֶךְ, אִם יָכוֹל לְהַשִּׂיג פַּת כָּשֵׁר, צָרִיךְ לְהַמְתִּין עַד פַּרְסָה. וְלֹא מִקְרֵי פַּת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, אֶלָּא אִם עֲשָׂאוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל בְּנֵי בֵּיתוֹ. אֲבָל אִם עֲשָׂאוֹ לִמְכּוֹר מִקְרֵי נַחְתּוֹם, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין דַּרְכּוֹ בְּכָךְ. וְכֵן נַחְתּוֹם שֶׁעֲשָׂאוֹ לִבְנֵי בֵּיתוֹ, מִקְרֵי בַּעַל הַבַּיִת. וְיֵשׁ מִי שֶׁאוֹמֵר, דִּבְמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין נַחְתּוֹם מָצוּי, מֻתָּר אֲפִלּוּ בְּפַת שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, וְאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְהַמְתִּין עַל פַּת כָּשֵׁר. וְכֵן נוֹהֲגִין.
1 The Sages have forbidden us to eat bread baked by a non-Jew. There are localities, however, that are lenient and they buy bread from a non-Jewish baker when there is no Jewish baker in the vicinity, or even if there is one, but his bread is inferior to that of the non-Jew. But they were not lenient regarding the bread made privately by a non-Jew, except in extraordinary circumstances. If you are traveling on the road and kosher bread is available [in another town] you must wait [and buy kosher bread] [if the town is] within the distance of a parsah. Bread is not considered privately made unless [the non-Jew] made it for his own family, but if he made it to sell, it is considered baker's bread, even though he ordinarily does not [bake for the trade]. Similarly, a baker who makes bread for his family is considered a private person. [And his bread is called private bread.] There is an authority who maintains that in a locality where there are no bakeries, it is even permissible to eat the bread of a non-Jewish, private person, and you do not have to wait for kosher [Jewish] bread, and this is the accepted custom.