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Learn Talmud – Berachot – Lesson 24 Daf 9a / 9b Part 1 (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Leaving Egypt

After a brief recap of the end of our previous lesson dealing with the argument between Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria and Rabbi Akiva concerning the time until one may eat the Pesach offering, we continue.

Learn Talmud – Berachot – Lesson 20 Daf 7b Part 2 (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Provoking the Wicked

The Talmud Berachot 7b brings up a big debate in life itself. Is it permitted to provoke the wicked? Those who look at the general way of the world may notice how often those who commit atrocities – those who perpetrate evil – actually succeed. Actually, they seem to go on and on with their success.

Learn Talmud – Berachot – Lesson 19 Daf 7b (Koren Talmud Bavli) – The Meaning Behind Names

We conclude Daf 7a regarding God’s desire to destroy the Jewish people and make a new nation from Moshe (Moses). Though Moshe’s prayer succeeds in annulling the first part of the promise, God still acts out on His good intention in blessing Moshe to become great through his descendants.

Learn Talmud – Berachot – Lesson 18 Daf 7a (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Moshe’s 3 Requests From God

Though Bilam wanted to curse the Jewish people, he was unable to. Actually, his unique talent was that he knew the moment God is angry each day, and was able to tap into that moment to say his nasty things. At the moment of God’s anger, those words would have a great effect – and he knew it!

Learn Talmud – Berachot – Lesson 17 Daf 6b/7a (Koren Talmud Bavli) – The Power of Your Blessings

A person who has fear of Heaven will have his words heard by others. Fear of Heaven is perhaps the most important quality we could have. It makes us into human beings who realise that there is a Creator in the world who has created and made us. Suddenly – we realise that we must have some type of obligation in our lives. We need to listen to what this Creator wants from us. When we listen and do as we should – amazingly – others listen to what we have to say too!

Learn Talmud – Berachot – Lesson 16 Daf 6b (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Importance of the 3 Daily Prayers

The Talmud teaches us that the rewards given for various Mitzvot are often not the Mitzvot themselves, but rather something else that is hidden behind the scenes within the Mitzvah we perform. For example, the reward for attending a wedding is not the attendance of the wedding itself, but rather, reward is given only when one brings happiness to the bride and the groom.

Learn Talmud – Tractate Berachot – Lesson 15 Daf 6a/6b (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Rewards in the Shul

God wears Tefillin… but what is in the pair that He wears?! The Gemara continues, teaching us the value of praying in the synagogue (shul). The Mitzvah of praying with a Minyan (10 male Jews over the age of 13) is discussed.

Learn Talmud Easily – Tractate Berachot – Lesson 14 Daf 6a (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Demons…

Demons… They do exist. There are ways to know they exist, and there are ways to actually see them! Our Gemara today teaches us these ways. Much like in today’s times with the coronavirus, we have a situation of disease existing without our ability to see the actual disease – but we clearly know it to be so, so too with demons.

Learn Talmud – Tractate Berachot – Lesson 13 Daf 5b/6b (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Caring for Another

Rav Huna’s wine goes off becoming vinegar! The Rabbis reprimand him: Perhaps he has done something wrong to deserve such a punishment from Heaven? Rav Huna has what to answer, but realising his mistake, does Teshuvah (repentance) and God makes a miracle for him and he ends up profiting after all!

Learn Talmud – Tractate Berachot – Lesson 12 Daf 5b (Using Koren Talmud) – Suffering and Sensitivity

Rabbi Yochanan and other Sages of the Talmud teach us lessons in suffering and sensitivity. Suffering is by no means something that any person in the world wants. In fact, it is not only that suffering is of little interest to us, but we can assume that even if afflictions of any kind bring with them some kind of reward, we want neither the suffering, nor the reward!