Title: Zichru - Brachos
Tags: Perek_4 Zichru Brachos_26 Brachos_27 Brachos_28 Brachos_29 Brachos_30 Siman

Q: Daf 26 - כו
A: A military coup

Q: Daf 26 - כו - A military coup
A: Soldiers wearing binoculars burst into the shul but didn’t notice the man in the corner davening his second Maariv, because they were transfixed by the Sukkah poster depicting the Avos.

Q: Soldiers wearing binoculars burst into the shul but didn’t notice the man in the corner davening his second Maariv, because they were transfixed by the Sukkah poster depicting the Avos.
A: 1. Excrement in front of a person
According to Rav Huna, when the Mishnah said that one must be four amos away from excrement in order to recite Krias Shema, it was referring to when it is behind the person. If it’s in front of the person, then it’s prohibited to recite Shema as long as it is in one’s field of vision.
2. Making up for missed tefillos
After introducing the time periods of various tefillos in the perek’s opening Mishnah, the Gemara teachers that one may make up for missed tefillos (תשלומים ) as follows:
- If one missed Minchah, he may daven Maariv twice even though it is not the same day.
- If one missed Minchah Erev Shabbos, he may daven the Shabbos Maariv twice, even though it is not the same Shemoneh Esrei.
- If one missed Shabbos Minchah, he may daven the weekday Maariv twice, inserting Havdalah in the first Maariv.
3. The source for davening three times a day
The Gemara brings a machlokes whether davening three times a day originates with the Avos (אבות תקנום ) or the Anshei Knesses Hagdolah (the Men of the Great Assembly), who instituted the tefillos to correspond to the daily tamid offerings (כנגד תמידין תקנום ).

Q: Soldiers wearing binoculars burst into the shul but didn’t notice the man in the corner davening his second Maariv, because they were transfixed by the Sukkah poster depicting the Avos.
A: 1. Excrement in front of a person
According to Rav Huna, when the Mishnah said that one must be four amos away from excrement in order to recite Krias Shema, it was referring to when it is behind the person. If it’s in front of the person, then it’s prohibited to recite Shema as long as it is in one’s field of vision.

Q: Soldiers wearing binoculars burst into the shul but didn’t notice the man in the corner davening his second Maariv, because they were transfixed by the Sukkah poster depicting the Avos.
A: 2. Making up for missed tefillos
After introducing the time periods of various tefillos in the perek’s opening Mishnah, the Gemara teachers that one may make up for missed tefillos (תשלומים ) as follows:
- If one missed Minchah, he may daven Maariv twice even though it is not the same day.
- If one missed Minchah Erev Shabbos, he may daven the Shabbos Maariv twice, even though it is not the same Shemoneh Esrei.
- If one missed Shabbos Minchah, he may daven the weekday Maariv twice, inserting Havdalah in the first Maariv.

Q: Soldiers wearing binoculars burst into the shul but didn’t notice the man in the corner davening his second Maariv, because they were transfixed by the Sukkah poster depicting the Avos.
A: 3. The source for davening three times a day
The Gemara brings a machlokes whether davening three times a day originates with the Avos (אבות תקנום ) or the Anshei Knesses Hagdolah (the Men of the Great Assembly), who instituted the tefillos to correspond to the daily tamid offerings (כנגד תמידין תקנום ).

Q: Daf 27 - כז
A: Kazoo

Q: Daf 27 – Kazoo - כז
A: A little boy blew his annoying kazoo during the Minchah minyan after plag whenever he saw someone passing in front of someone who was davening Shemoneh Esrei, feeling so proud as he stood next to the new Nasi.

Q: A little boy blew his annoying kazoo during the Minchah minyan after plag whenever he saw someone passing in front of someone who was davening Shemoneh Esrei, feeling so proud as he stood next to the new Nasi.
A: 1. The latest time to daven Minchah
Since the Gemara does not render the halachah regarding the latest permissible time to daven Minchah, one may follow the opinion either of the Rabbanan and daven until nightfall, or of R’ Yehudah and daven until plag Haminchah (10 ¾ seasonal hours into the day). R’ Yehudah also permits one to daven Maariv right after plag Haminchah, even though it’s before nightfall.
- According to many, one may not, however, do a split decision, following the Rabbanan to daven Minchah after plag and then following R’ Yehudah to immediately daven Maariv before nightfall.
2. Walking in front of someone davening Shemoneh Esrei
One may not pass in front of someone who is davening Shemoneh Esrei - כנגד לעבור אסור .המתפללין - Furthermore, one may not daven either alongside or behind his Rebbi, as doing so would appear arrogant.
3. R’ Gamliel is deposed
The Gemara relates that the machlokes between R’ Gamliel and R’ Yehoshua over whether Maariv is voluntary or obligatory led to R’ Gamliel being deposed and R’ Elazar ben Azarya being appointed Nasi in his place.

Q: A little boy blew his annoying kazoo during the Minchah minyan after plag whenever he saw someone passing in front of someone who was davening Shemoneh Esrei, feeling so proud as he stood next to the new Nasi.
A: 1. The latest time to daven Minchah
Since the Gemara does not render the halachah regarding the latest permissible time to daven Minchah, one may follow the opinion either of the Rabbanan and daven until nightfall, or of R’ Yehudah and daven until plag Haminchah (10 ¾ seasonal hours into the day). R’ Yehudah also permits one to daven Maariv right after plag Haminchah, even though it’s before nightfall.
- According to many, one may not, however, do a split decision, following the Rabbanan to daven Minchah after plag and then following R’ Yehudah to immediately daven Maariv before nightfall.

Q: A little boy blew his annoying kazoo during the Minchah minyan after plag whenever he saw someone passing in front of someone who was davening Shemoneh Esrei, feeling so proud as he stood next to the new Nasi.
A: 2. Walking in front of someone davening Shemoneh Esrei
One may not pass in front of someone who is davening Shemoneh Esrei - כנגד לעבור אסור .המתפללין
- Furthermore, one may not daven either alongside or behind his Rebbi, as doing so would appear arrogant.

Q: A little boy blew his annoying kazoo during the Minchah minyan after plag whenever he saw someone passing in front of someone who was davening Shemoneh Esrei, feeling so proud as he stood next to the new Nasi.
A: 3. R’ Gamliel is deposed
The Gemara relates that the machlokes between R’ Gamliel and R’ Yehoshua over whether Maariv is voluntary or obligatory led to R’ Gamliel being deposed and R’ Elazar ben Azarya being appointed Nasi in his place.

Q: Daf 28 - כח-Siman
A: Strong Man (strength)

Q: Daf 28 - כח-Siman - Strong Man (strength)
A: The big strongman let hundreds of talmidim into the beis midrash to visit their two sick Rabbanim, resolve halachos and to daven Shemoneh Esrei for their refuah.

Q: The big strongman let hundreds of talmidim into the beis midrash to visit their two sick Rabbanim, resolve halachos and to daven Shemoneh Esrei for their refuah.
A: 1. Hundreds of talmidim enter the beis midrash
On the day that R’ Elazar ben Azaryah became the Nasi, the doors to the beis midrash were opened to all the talmidim who had been excluded by R’ Gamliel because they were not as good on the inside as they appeared on the outside (שאין תוכו כברו ). As a result of their participation, all heretofore unresolved halachos were resolved that day.
- Masechta Eduyos is composed of halachos that were taught that day, and wherever in Shas the term “that day” (בו ביום ) is used it refers to that day.
2. Final words from R’ Eliezer and R’ Yochanan ben Zakkai to their talmidim
The Gemara relates what two ailing Tanna’im said to their talmidim:
- R’ Eliezer said (among other things) כשאתם מתפללים דעו לפני מי אתם עומדים – When you daven, know before whom you are standing.
- R’ Yochanan Ben Zakai blessed his students from his deathbed – יהי רצון שתהא מורא שמים
עליכם כמורא בשר ודם - May it be Hashem’s will that your fear of Heaven be as great as your fear of man.
3. What 18 berachos in the Amidah correspond to
The Gemara brings a three-way machlokes regarding what the 18 blessings in the Amidah correspond to:
- The 18 times Hashem’s name appears in Psalm 29 – הבו לה' בני אלים
- The 18 times His name appears in Krias Shema
- The 18 vertebrae in the spine
- The nineteenth blessing (הצדוקים ברכת ) was composed by Shmuel Hakatan against the heretics.

Q: The big strongman let hundreds of talmidim into the beis midrash to visit their two sick Rabbanim, resolve halachos and to daven Shemoneh Esrei for their refuah.
A: 1. Hundreds of talmidim enter the beis midrash
On the day that R’ Elazar ben Azaryah became the Nasi, the doors to the beis midrash were opened to all the talmidim who had been excluded by R’ Gamliel because they were not as good on the inside as they appeared on the outside (שאין תוכו כברו ). As a result of their participation, all heretofore unresolved halachos were resolved that day.
- Masechta Eduyos is composed of halachos that were taught that day, and wherever in Shas the term “that day” (בו ביום ) is used it refers to that day.

Q: The big strongman let hundreds of talmidim into the beis midrash to visit their two sick Rabbanim, resolve halachos and to daven Shemoneh Esrei for their refuah.
A: 2. Final words from R’ Eliezer and R’ Yochanan ben Zakkai to their talmidim
The Gemara relates what two ailing Tanna’im said to their talmidim:
- R’ Eliezer said (among other things) כשאתם מתפללים דעו לפני מי אתם עומדים – When you daven, know before whom you are standing.
- R’ Yochanan Ben Zakai blessed his students from his deathbed – יהי רצון שתהא מורא שמים
עליכם כמורא בשר ודם - May it be Hashem’s will that your fear of Heaven be as great as your fear of man.

Q: The big strongman let hundreds of talmidim into the beis midrash to visit their two sick Rabbanim, resolve halachos and to daven Shemoneh Esrei for their refuah.
A: 3. What 18 berachos in the Amidah correspond to
The Gemara brings a three-way machlokes regarding what the 18 blessings in the Amidah correspond to:
- The 18 times Hashem’s name appears in Psalm 29 – הבו לה' בני אלים
- The 18 times His name appears in Krias Shema
- The 18 vertebrae in the spine
- The nineteenth blessing (הצדוקים ברכת ) was composed by Shmuel Hakatan against the heretics.

Q: Daf 29 - כט - Siman
A: Siman - Cots

Q: Daf 29 - כט - Cots
A: The hospital cots were unfortunately full on Shabbos, Rosh Hashana and Fast Days because people who had been travelling and going through dangerous places had treated their tefillos as a burden.

Q: The hospital cots were unfortunately full on Shabbos, Rosh Hashana and Fast Days because people who had been travelling and going through dangerous places had treated their tefillos as a burden.
A: 1. The differing number of berachos in the various Amidahs
The Gemara explains the differing number of berachos in the various Amidahs recited on special days:
- The seven berachos in the Shabbos Amidah correspond to the seven kolos (sounds) that Dovid Hamelech mentioned in Psalm 29.
- The nine berachos in the Rosh Hashanah Amidah correspond to the nine times Chanah uttered Hashem’s name in her tefillah.
- The 24 berachos in the fast day Amidah correspond to the 24 expressions of song (רננות ) that Shlomo Hamelech recited on the day the Aron was brought into the Kodesh Hakadashim (Holy of Holies).
2. Additional Tefillos
A number of additional tefillos are introduced:
- הביננו (Havineinu) - an abridged version of Shemoneh Esrei
- תפילה קצרה במקום סכנה - A short tefillah recited when in a dangerous place
- תפילת הדרך – Tefillas Haderech, the traveler’s prayer
3. Not making one’s teffilah “keva”
The Gemara cites four opinions regarding the meaning of “keva” (קבע ) in R’ Eliezer’s statement that one should not make his tefillah “keva.”
- Treating one’s tefillah like a burden
- Not davening like a supplicant (דרך תחנונים )
- Not innovating anything in one’s tefillah, i.e. not introducing any new requests from one tefillah to the next
- Not davening when the sun is red, meaning immediately after sunrise or before sunset

Q: The hospital cots were unfortunately full on Shabbos, Rosh Hashana and Fast Days because people who had been travelling and going through dangerous places had treated their tefillos as a burden.
A: 1. The differing number of berachos in the various Amidahs
The Gemara explains the differing number of berachos in the various Amidahs recited on special days:
- The seven berachos in the Shabbos Amidah correspond to the seven kolos (sounds) that Dovid Hamelech mentioned in Psalm 29.
- The nine berachos in the Rosh Hashanah Amidah correspond to the nine times Chanah uttered Hashem’s name in her tefillah.
- The 24 berachos in the fast day Amidah correspond to the 24 expressions of song (רננות ) that Shlomo Hamelech recited on the day the Aron was brought into the Kodesh Hakadashim (Holy of Holies).

Q: The hospital cots were unfortunately full on Shabbos, Rosh Hashana and Fast Days because people who had been travelling and going through dangerous places had treated their tefillos as a burden.
A: 2. Additional Tefillos A number of additional tefillos are introduced:
- הביננו (Havineinu) - an abridged version of Shemoneh Esrei
- תפילה קצרה במקום סכנה - A short tefillah recited when in a dangerous place
- תפילת הדרך – Tefillas Haderech, the traveler’s prayer

Q: The hospital cots were unfortunately full on Shabbos, Rosh Hashana and Fast Days because people who had been travelling and going through dangerous places had treated their tefillos as a burden.
A: 3. Not making one’s teffilah “keva”
The Gemara cites four opinions regarding the meaning of “keva” (קבע ) in R’ Eliezer’s statement that one should not make his tefillah “keva.”
- Treating one’s tefillah like a burden
- Not davening like a supplicant (דרך תחנונים )
- Not innovating anything in one’s tefillah, i.e. not introducing any new requests from one tefillah to the next
- Not davening when the sun is red, meaning immediately after sunrise or before sunset

Q: דף ל – Daf 30
A: Siman – Rebbe in a classroom - מלמד

Q: מלמד Daf דף ל – 30 -
A: With the map of the world behind him, the Rebbe was teaching his righteous students the importance of davening towards Yerushalayim when the Uber driver arrived to take him on his pre-sunrise trip.

Q: With the map of the world behind him, the Rebbe was teaching his righteous students the importance of davening towards Yerushalayim when the Uber driver arrived to take him on his pre-sunrise trip.
A: 1. Davening towards Yerushalayim
One must daven facing towards Yerushalayim, the Beis Hamikdash and the Kodesh Hakadashim.
This is derived from the pasuk לתלפיות בנוי צוארך דויד כמגדל –Like the tower of David is your neck, built as a landmark, which the Gemara explicates as בו פונים פיות שכל תל –A hill towards which all mouths turn.
2. Travelling early in the morning
There is a machlokes regarding how one who must travel early in the morning, before the time of tefillah, should proceed. The dispute hinges on which requirement is more important—davening Shemoneh Esrei while standing or juxtaposing redemption to tefillah (לתפילה גאולה סומך(
- The Tanna Kamma holds that it is more important to daven Shemoneh Esrei while standing; thus the traveler should daven at home, standing, and then recite Krias Shema on the journey when the time comes.
- R’ Shimon ben Elazar holds that juxtaposing redemption to tefillah is more important, so the traveler should start his journey without saying Shemoneh Esrei and then recite Krias Shema at the proper time, followed by Shemoneh Esrei , even if it must be said sitting.
3. Davening with ראש כובד (an attitude of reverence)
The source for the requirement that one daven with an attitude of reverence (ראש כובד) is the pasuk ברעדה וגילו ביראה' ה את עבדו – Serve Hashem with awe, and rejoice with trepidation.

Q: With the map of the world behind him, the Rebbe was teaching his righteous students the importance of davening towards Yerushalayim when the Uber driver arrived to take him on his pre-sunrise trip.
A: 1. Davening towards Yerushalayim
One must daven facing towards Yerushalayim, the Beis Hamikdash and the Kodesh Hakadashim.
This is derived from the pasuk לתלפיות בנוי צוארך דויד כמגדל –Like the tower of David is your neck, built as a landmark, which the Gemara explicates as בו פונים פיות שכל תל –A hill towards which all mouths turn.

Q: With the map of the world behind him, the Rebbe was teaching his righteous students the importance of davening towards Yerushalayim when the Uber driver arrived to take him on his pre-sunrise trip.
A: 2. Travelling early in the morning
There is a machlokes regarding how one who must travel early in the morning, before the time of tefillah, should proceed. The dispute hinges on which requirement is more important—davening Shemoneh Esrei while standing or juxtaposing redemption to tefillah (לתפילה גאולה סומך)
- The Tanna Kamma holds that it is more important to daven Shemoneh Esrei while standing; thus the traveler should daven at home, standing, and then recite Krias Shema on the journey when the time comes.
- R’ Shimon ben Elazar holds that juxtaposing redemption to tefillah is more important, so the traveler should start his journey without saying Shemoneh Esrei and then recite Krias Shema at the proper time, followed by Shemoneh Esrei , even if it must be said sitting

Q: With the map of the world behind him, the Rebbe was teaching his righteous students the importance of davening towards Yerushalayim when the Uber driver arrived to take him on his pre-sunrise trip.
A: 3. Davening with ראש כובד (an attitude of reverence)
The source for the requirement that one daven with an attitude of reverence (ראש כובד (is the pasuk ברעדה וגילו ביראה' ה את עבדו – Serve Hashem with awe, and rejoice with trepidation.