Today’s daf TB Berachot 33 discusses different blessings in
the Amidah.
We learned in the mishna that one mentions the might of
the rains in the second blessing of the Amida prayer, the blessing
of the revival of the dead. The Gemara asks: What is the reason that the
might of the rains is mentioned specifically in that blessing? Rav Yosef
said: Because the might of the rains is equivalent to the resurrection
of the dead, as rain revives new life in the plant world (Jerusalem
Talmud).
And we also learned in the mishna that the request
for rain is added to the blessing of the years. Here, too, the Gemara
asks: What is the reason that the request for rain is recited
specifically in that blessing? Rav Yosef said: Because rain is a
component of sustenance, therefore it was inserted in the blessing of
sustenance as part of our request for bountiful sustenance.
We also learned in the mishna that havdala,
distinguishing between Shabbat and the weekdays, is added in the
blessing of: Who graciously grants knowledge. Here too the Gemara asks: What
is the reason that havdala is recited specifically in that blessing?
Rav Yosef said: Havdala is recited in that
blessing because it requires wisdom to distinguish between two
entities, they established it in the blessing of wisdom. The Rabbis say
a different reason: Because havdala is the distinction
between the sacred and the profane, the Sages established it in the
blessing of weekdays. The first three blessings of the Amida prayer
are recited both on weekdays and on Shabbat and Festivals. The blessing: Who
graciously grants knowledge, is the first of the blessings recited exclusively
during the week. (Sefaria.com translation)
I’m still recovering from
Tuesday’s hand surgery. I wrote this before my surgery, but my two bosses, Judy
and my office manager Josephine will let me come to my office yesterday. That’s
why my comments on TB Berachot 33 will be limited to the words of the rapper
Notorious B.I.G. “If you don’t know, now you know.”
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