BERACHOS 30 - Two weeks of study material have been dedicated by Mrs. Estanne Abraham Fawer to honor the Yahrzeit of her father, Rav Mordechai ben Eliezer Zvi (Rabbi Morton Weiner) Z'L, who passed away on 18 Teves 5760. May the merit of supporting and advancing Dafyomi study -- which was so important to him -- during the weeks of his Yahrzeit serve as an Iluy for his Neshamah.

1)

(a)We already cited Rebbi Ya'akov Amar Rav Chisda who obligates someone setting out on a journey to recite Tefilas ha'Derech. What deadline does he give for reciting it?

(b)How does the B'hag interpret 'ad Kamah ... ad Parsah'?

(c)According to Rav Chisda, one must stand when reciting Tefilas ha'Derech. What does Rav Sheishes say?

2)

(a)What did Rav Chisda do, when, on one occasion, he was traveling together with Rav Sheishes and the time came to recite Tefilas ha'Derech?

(b)Why did Rav Sheishes need to ask his Shamash what Ra Chisda was doing?

(c)How did he react when the Shamash replied that he was reciting Tefilas ha'Derech?

(d)Why did he do that?

3)

(a)Besides the actual text, what is the basic difference between 'Havineinu' and the short Tefilah that one Davens in a location of danger?

(b)How about repeating them when one arrives home?

(c)What third distinction do we draw between the way that they need to be recited?

4)

(a)On what condition does the Tana Kama of the Beraisa require somebody riding a donkey to dismount and Daven?

(b)What does Rebbi say?

(c)Why is that?

(d)Like whom does Rava (or Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi) Pasken?

5)

(a)Based on the Pasuk in Melachim "Vehispal'lu el Hash-m", what does the Tana in another Beraisa say a blind person or someone who does not know the directions should do when Davening the Amidah?

(b)And what should a person who is Davening ...

1. ... in Chutz la'Aretz do, based on the Pasuk there "Vehispal'lu Eilecha Derech Artzam"?

2. ... somewhere in Eretz Yisrael, based on the Pasuk there "Vehispal'lu Eilecha Derech ha'Ir asher Bacharta"?

(c)And what does the Tana finally say about a person who is standing ...

1. ... in Yerushalayim, based on the Pasuk in Divrei ha'Yamim "Vehispal'lu el ha'Bayis ha'Zeh"?

2. ... in the Beis-ha'Mikdash, based on the Pasuk in Melachim "Vehispal'lu el ha'Makom ha'Zeh"?

3. ... in the Kodesh Kodshim?

4. ... behind the Beis ha'Kapores (behind the Kodesh Kodshim on the west)?

(d)What is the outcome of all these rulings?

(e)Rebbi Avin (or Rebbi Avina) supports this with the Pasuk in Shir ha'Shirim "ke'Migdal David Tzavrech, Banuy le'Talpi'os". How does he Darshen the word "(le')Talpi'os"?

6)

(a)What would the father of Shmuel and Levi (regarding reciting the Sh'ma and the Amidah) do when they set out on a journey early in the morning?

(b)This conforms to the Tana Kama of the Beraisa. What does the Tana say regarding someone who travels on Rosh ha'Shanah, on Succos or on Purim?

(c)And what does the Tana Kama then say regarding someone who travels by carriage or by boat?

7)

(a)Rebbi Shimon ben Elazar maintains in the latter case that one should recite the Sh'ma and Daven the Amidah in the carriage in order to juxtapose Ge'ulah to Tefilah. On what grounds does the Tana Kama disagree with that?

(b)What is then the basis of their Machlokes?

8)

(a)On what occasion did Mereimar and Mar Zutra gather a Minyan in their houses on Shabbos?

(b)When did the people who attended the D'rashos, who would recite the Sh'ma before the D'rashah, Daven the Amidah?

(c)When would Rav Ashi recite the Sh'ma and Daven the Amidah when he Darshened?

(d)Where was Rav Ashi Rosh Yeshivah?

9)

(a)Why did Rav Ashi repeat the Amidah when he arrived home after the D'rashah?

(b)Why did he take his cue from ...

1. ... Mereimar and Mar Zutra?

2. ... the father of Shmuel and Levi?

10)

(a)What does Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah in the Mishnah mean when he says that Tefilas ha'Musafin only applies be'Chaver Ir?

(b)What do the Chachamim say?

(c)How does Rebbi Yehudah amend Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah's ruling?

(d)How do we explain the Machlokes between the Tana Kama and Rebbi Yehudah in Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah? What are its ramifications?

11)

(a)Like whom did Rav Huna bar Chiya Amar Rebbi Chiya bar Rav Pasken?

(b)Rav Chiya bar Avin supported this ruling from a statement of Shmuel. What did Shmuel declare that he never did in Neherda'a except for one occasion?

(c)What happened on that occasion that caused Shmuel to Daven Musaf on his own?

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12)

(a)What was Rebbi Yanai's response when Rebbi Chanina the T'nach expert Paskened in front of him like Rebbi Yehudah Amar Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah regarding Davening Musaf on one's own?

(b)When Rebbi Yochanan claimed that he saw Rebbi Yanai Daven two consecutive Amidos, what did he mean?

(c)What was he out to prove?

13)

(a)What did Rebbi Yirmiyah suggest to Rebbi Zeira that refuted Rebbi Yochanan's proof?

(b)On what grounds did Rebbi Zeira reject Rebbi Yirmiyah's suggestion?

14)

(a)Where was Rebbi Ami and Rebbi Asi's Beis-ha'Medrash situated?

(b)What is the fact that they used to Daven 'between the pillars' of their Beis-ha'Medrash coming to teach us?

(c)Rav Yitzchak bar Avdimi in the name of Rabeinu Paskened like Rebbi Yehudah in the name of Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah. Who is 'Rabeinu'?

(d)What did Rebbi Chiya bar Aba subsequently do that raised Rebbi Zeira's eyebrows (See 12c)?

15)

(a)Rebbi Zeira refuted the suggestion that maybe Rebbi Chiya bar Aba repeated Shachris because he had Davened the first one without Kavanah based on a statement by Elazar. What did Rebbi Elazar say about someone who reckons that he is unable to Daven with Kavanah?

(b)What other reason did he initially suggest as to why Rebbi Chiya bar Aba may have repeated Shachris?

(c)This reason too, he refuted based on a Beraisa. What does the Beraisa say about someone who forgets to ...

1. ... insert 'Ya'aleh ve'Yavo' at Shachris?

2. ... Daven the Musaf Amidah?

16)

(a)What did Rebbi Chiya bar Aba retort citing Rebbi Yochanan?

(b)This might mean that one does then not need to repeat the Amidah since one subsequently hears it from the Chazen. How did the B'hag explain it?

(c)So why did Rebbi Chiya bar Aba in fact retract

(d)What have we now proved?

17)

(a)What are we referring to when we ask how long one must wait between one Tefilah and another?

(b)Rav Huna and Rav Chisda argue over the answer. One of them says 'K'dei she'Tischonen Da'ato alav'. What does he mean?

(c)What does the other one say?

(d)What does he mean?

(e)The one source is the Pasuk "Va'eschanan el Hash-m". From which Pasuk in Ki Sissa does the other one derive his opinion?

18)

(a)What does Rav Anav Amar Rav say about someone who omits 'Ya'aleh ve'Yavo' at Ma'ariv'?

(b)Why is that?

(c)How does Ameimar attempt to qualify Rav's ruling?

(d)What is the reason behind his suggestion?

(e)On what grounds did Rav Ashi refute it?

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19)

(a)What does the Tana mean when he says that one is obligated to Daven the Amidah with 'Koved Rosh'?

(b)What did the early Chasidim used to do before Davening the Amidah?

(c)Why did they do that?

(d)What does the Mishnah say a person should do if, whilst he is Davening the Amidah ...

1. ... a king greets him?

2. ... a snake 'winds itself round his heel'?

20)

(a)What does Rebbi Elazar learn from the Pasuk in Shmuel (in connection with Chanah) "ve'Hi Maras Nefesh"?

(b)On what grounds do we refute this proof?

(c)From which Pasuk in Tehilim (that we recite every day at the beginning of Davening) does Rebbi Yossi b'Rebbi Chanina then learn it?

(d)We refute that proof too, because David was different. In what way was he different?

21)

(a)So Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi learns 'Koven Rosh' from the Pasuk (also in Tehilim) "Hishtachavu la'Hashem be'Hadras Kodesh". How does he interpret the words "be'Hadras Kodesh"?

(b)On what grounds do we refute this proof too?

(c)In practical terms, this means emulating Rav Yehudah. What did Rav Yehudah used to do before he Davened?

22)

(a)How does Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak finally learn the Din of Davening the Amidah with Koved Rosh from the Pasuk in Tehilim "Ivdu es Hash-m be'Yir'ah ... "? What is the connection with this Pasuk and Tefilah?

(b)And what does Rav Ada bar Masna Amar Rav learn from the end of the Pasuk "ve'Gilu bi'Re'adah"?

23)

(a)What did Rabah once comment when he noticed that Abaye was in a particularly jovial mood?

(b)What did Abaye reply?

(c)in similar vein, Rebbi Zeira once made a similar comment to that of Rabah when he once saw Rebbi Yirmiyah more exuberant than usual. Only he quoted the Pasuk in Mishlei "be'Chol Etzev Yih'yeh Mosar". What does the Pasuk mean?

(d)What did Rebbi Yirmiyah reply?

24)

(a)On what occasion did Mar b'rei de'Ravina once smash a valuable cup when the people were rejoicing excessively?

(b)What was the value of the cup?

(c)Rav Ashi once did the same thing at his son's wedding. What did he smash?

(d)What did both sages achieve by doing that?

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