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Berachos 29b

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Berakhot 29b

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Topic

Mistakes in the עמידה, the meaning of קבע, short prayers in danger, and תפלת הדרך

Overview

The amud opens by finishing an answer about someone who forgot to ask for rain: he goes back to the start only if he remembers after שומע תפלה. Next, רבי יהושע בן לוי rules that someone who forgot יעלה ויבא on ראש חודש goes back to עבודה, unless he already finished, in which case he starts over. רב פפא, citing a tradition from רב, explains that 'finished' means he already moved his feet. רב נחמן בר יצחק adds, in two versions, that it also depends on whether he usually says תחנונים after davening. The גמרא then explains רבי אליעזר's word קבע in the משנה in several ways: a burden, not said as a plea, nothing new added, or not praying at דמדומי חמה. Praying at that time is a מצוה, but in ארץ ישראל they cursed it for fear of missing the time. Next comes the meaning of פרשת העבור and several versions of the short prayer for a dangerous place, and רב הונא rules like אחרים. Finally, אליהו's advice leads to the obligation and full text of תפלת הדרך, and אביי begins a statement that continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

הָא דְּאִדְּכַר בָּתַר ״שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה״.

This [case] is where he remembered after 'Who hears prayer.'

אָמַר רַבִּי תַּנְחוּם אָמַר רַב אַסִּי

Rabbi Tanchum said that Rav Asi said

אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי:

that Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

טָעָה וְלֹא הִזְכִּיר שֶׁל רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ

If one erred and did not mention [the addition] of the New Month

The steps (34)

  1. ResolutionGoing back to the start applies only after passing שומע תפלה
  2. StatementForgetting יעלה ויבא on ראש חודש
  3. Statement'Finished' means he already moved his feet
  4. QuestionWhere did you get this from?
  5. ResponseFrom my father, who heard it from רב
  6. StatementFirst version: someone who usually says supplications goes back only to עבודה
  7. StatementSecond version: someone who does not usually say supplications goes back to the beginning
  8. QuestionWhat does "קבע" mean in the משנה?
  9. ResponseFirst answer: a prayer that feels like a burden
  10. ResponseSecond answer: not praying in the language of supplication
  11. ResponseThird answer: unable to add anything new
  12. Statementרבי זירא: I could add something new, but I am afraid of getting confused
  13. ResponseFixed prayer means not praying at sunrise or sunset glow
  14. ProofIt is a מצוה to pray at sunrise and sunset glow
  15. ProofThe verse behind praying with the sun
  16. StatementIn the Land of Israel they cursed those who prayed at sunset glow
  17. QuestionWhy curse such a person
  18. ResponseHe might miss the time
  19. QuestionWhat does פרשת העבור mean
  20. ResponseEven when You are full of anger at them
  21. ResponseEven when they break the Torah
  22. StatementA teaching about the short prayer in a dangerous place
  23. Responseרבי אליעזר's short prayer
  24. Responseרבי יהושע's short prayer
  25. Responseרבי אלעזר ברבי צדוק's version of the short prayer
  26. ResponseThe version of אחרים: many needs, limited understanding
  27. ConclusionThe halacha follows the version of אחרים
  28. Statementאליהו's advice: don't get angry, don't get drunk, consult your Creator before traveling
  29. QuestionWhat does 'consult with your Creator' mean?
  30. ResponseIt means תפלת הדרך
  31. StatementEveryone who travels must say תפלת הדרך
  32. QuestionWhat are the words of the traveler's prayer?
  33. ResponseThe full text of the traveler's prayer
  34. Statementאביי begins a new statement