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Learn Talmud – Berachot #44 Daf 16b Part 3 (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Powerful Blessings-Beautiful Words]

The Gemara (Daf 16b part 3 in our series) begins with a teaching that there are only three who can be called the forefathers, and four who are called the foremothers. The reason is because of their importance and so they hold this position for always.

Learn Talmud – Berachot #43 Daf 16a Part 2 16b (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Death, Mourning & Consolation]

We continue the Mishnah regarding a labourer who must recite the Shema or prayer while atop a tree or on top of a wall (while working there.) Must he descend before praying or can he pray where he is. Perhaps, in fact, he must prayer where he is. What about the homeowner who owns the tree being worked upon or the wall being constructed? And why would he be different in any case?!

Learn Talmud – Berachot #42 Daf 15b Part 2 16a (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Praying With Care]

Praying With Care Thumbnail Berachot Lesson 42

The Gemara begins a discussion about the Mitzvah of writing Mezuzot. The word “U’Ketavtam” is used to describe the Mitzvah that the Mezuzot should be written. More than this, it includes that the actual text inside the Mezuzah should include the very command itself.

Learn Talmud – Berachot #42 Daf 15a Part 2 15b (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Blessing in One’s Heart]

We are learning about the Mitzvah of reciting the Keriat Shema and the discussion and debate regarding if one fulfills one’s obligation if one does not hear the words one is reciting.

Learn Talmud – Berachot #40 Daf 15a Part 1 (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Hearing The Words of the Shema]

The best approach to take before davening – and the correct approach – is that before reciting the Shema and davening in the morning, one must relieve oneself, wash one’s hands and then put on Tefillin. One must prepare oneself before davening so that when one accepts the Kingdom of Heaven – one does so in absolute purity.

Learn Talmud – Berachot #39 Daf 14a Part 2 / 14b (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Order of Paragraphs of Shema]

We continue with the laws of interruptions that may be or may not be made at certain places during the recital of the Keriat Shema. One such a place is the very end when we say the word “Emet”. Thereafter a paragraph follows with the word “VeYatziv” We follow the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda that no interruption may be made between these two words.

Learn Talmud – Berachot #38 Daf 13b Part 2 / 14a (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Activities Before Prayer]

What is the situation of falling asleep when reciting the Shema? It seems that one should at least recite the first line – then all is well. If one falls asleep then, at least one has recited that most important verse.

Learn Talmud – Berachot #37 Daf 13b Part 1 (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Intention When Reciting Shema]

To what degree must we have intention when reciting the Keriat Shema? The first paragraph? The second? The third?? What about maybe for only the very first line – Shema Yisrael etc.?

Learn Talmud – Berachot #36 Daf 13a Part 2 (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Intention When Performing Mitzvot]

We begin the first Mishnah of Chapter 2 of Tractate Berachot. The Mishnah tells us that if the time arrives for reciting the Shema, and one has intention, then one fulfills one’s obligation to recite the Shema. One must have intention to fulfill this Mitzvah.

Learn Talmud – Berachot #35 Daf 12b Part 3 (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Remembering Our Previous Exiles]

We revise briefly the last Mishnah that appears in the first Perek (chapter) of Gemara Berachot. Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryia laments that he was not successful in implementing the recital of the third paragraph of the Keriat Shema in the evening Shema, until Ben Zoma came around with an explanation of proof as to why we must recite it.