Berahkot 2a:3 Rabban Gamliel says: Flashcards
To learn word by word the first page of tractate berachot
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רבן גמליאל
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Rabban Gamliel
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אומר
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Pronounced “oe-meir”
Means: “says”
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עד
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Pronounced “odd / ad”
Means: “until”
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שיעלה
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Pronounced "she-ya-aleh" Means "in the evening". - where the prefex "ש" shows the "that" - and the "יעלה" shows the "it will come up". - the "עלה" shows the "to go up". - modern hebrew (aliah, to go up)
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עמוד
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Pronounced “ah-mood”
Means: “amidah, stand, omed”
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השחר
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Pronounced “ha-sha-car (kar)”
Means: “dawn”
- where the prefex “ה” shows the “the”
- the prefex “שחר” shows the “dawn”
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רבן גמליאל אומר עד שיעלה עמוד השחר
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Rabban Gamliel says: One may recite Shema until dawn, indicating that beshokhbekha is to be understood as a reference to the entire time people sleep in their beds, the whole night.
