Test #4

Question 1

What does Talmud Bavli Masechet Brachot say about ברכות from the Torah

Answer 1

Rav Yehuda says the source for ברכת המזון from the Torah is ואכלת ושבעת וברכת, eat be satisfied and be full and then must bless. Where is the blessing for blessing before learning Torah, parshat Hazeinu ״כי שם ה״ אקרא הבו גדול לאלוקינו״, when saying Hashem’s name I must give greatness to our G-d (bless Hashem)

Question 2

Op of Ramban about why must bless Hashem when learning Torah

Answer 2

We are commanded to thank Hashem every single time we learn Torah for the great goodness that Hashem gave bc the Torah is literally a guide book in how to live meaningful lives and get into Olam Habah

Question 3

Why does Rashi say אהבה רבה covers you

Answer 3

it has the basics of ב’ת, to give in our hearts, to learn, to fulfill, guard, do Torah, teach the words of Torah, and keep the Miztvot, so the themes are basically the same

Question 4

why does R Hamnunah say about the third bracha and Rashi explain why

Answer 4

R Hamnunah said it’s the best of the Brachot and Rashi explains because it has ty to Hashem and praise for Torah and Israel

Question 5

איבעיא להו

Answer 5

they asked a question, halackha situation

Question 6

ורמינהו

Answer 6

introduces a contradiciton btween two sources

Question 7

מיתבי

Answer 7

challange from higher source

Question 8

את״ל

Answer 8

if you want to say

Question 9

כ״ע

Answer 9

כולו עלמה everyone else

Question 10

ת״ש

Answer 10

come and listen

Question 11

ש״מ

Answer 11

we learn from here

Question 12

הכא במאי עסקינן

Answer 12

here what are we dealing with, what are the circumstances in this breita

Question 13

אזיל

Answer 13

to continue (to daven)

Question 14

אלמא

Answer 14

we see from here

Question 15

What does the Pasuk in eikev say and midrash interpreting and this implies what..

Answer 15

to serve hashem with all our heart which means davening, this implies that the Miztvah of Tfilah is from the Torah

Question 16

what does the Gemara in Brachot teach us

Answer 16

if you’re not sure if u said Shema you should go back and say it bc its De’oreita but when it comes to Shmone Esrei, don’t need to go back bc its d’Rabanan. (R Yochanan said if u doubt anything just say it again)

Question 17

whats the principle for how to act if ur not sure if u did smth or not

Answer 17

ספק דאורייתא לחומרא )be stritct
ספק דרבנן לקולא (lenient)

Question 18

Rambam’s op on Mitzvah of T’fillah

Answer 18

the act of davening T’fillah if d’oreita but the times, text, frequency is from rhe Rabbis

Question 19

Ramban’s op on Tfillah

Answer 19

doesn’t think its from Torah -> doesn’t agree with rambam, The rabbis said in Brachot, but its act the biggest act of kindness Hashem does for BI so would be crazy not to use it haha

Question 20

how does Ramban “discard” Rabam’s sources

Answer 20

אסמכתא, a cute little pointer to smth in the Torah, it could mean Tfillah
Tfillah beit tsarah is when u r act commanded to daven

Question 21

Rav Soliveitchik on Ramban/m disagreeing

Answer 21

they’re act both agree abt davening is command during time of distress, just what is considered time of distress, everyday life or world wide problems

Question 22

overview of Tosphot

Answer 22

im yerushalmi it says your Yotzei if said AR only if you learn directly after, but it was asked to R Yitzchak, if we don’t learn till middle of the day why dont we say bracha again, the Ri says bc our Talmud doesn’t say anything abt it, therefore we don’t need to learn right after AR. also it’s only for AR that one needs to learn right after bc the intention was for Shema not BH, why is this any different then leishev bsukkah, those are specific time, torah is all day, we don’t say blessing on sleeping in Sukkah bc some say its covered from eating bracha and some say bc you cant control when sleep it could be lavatala
Rabeinu tam says that if someone wakes up in mid of night to learn they don’t need to say Bracha bc bracha from previous shacrit covers and this is not correct. The french have a practice to learn a little mishnah and gemara based off gmara yerushalmi but its not neccesary as stated earlier