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Succah 46a

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Sukkah 46a

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Topic

Repeating ברכות on מצוות: סוכה, לולב, תפילין, נר חנוכה, and several מצוות at once

Overview

The גמרא quotes a ברייתא that says the ברכה on לולב is repeated all seven days, but the ברכה on סוכה is said only on the first day. This contradicts רבי יוחנן, who said the opposite. The לולב clash is resolved by splitting between the time of the בית המקדש and nowadays. The סוכה clash is a dispute between תנאים, modeled on רבי and the חכמים arguing about blessing on תפילין each time. In practice we follow רבי and bless on סוכה all seven days. Next the גמרא debates whether לולב after the first day gets a ברכה. It proves from חנוכה lights that רב makes a ברכה on a rabbinic מצוה, and it explains how we can say 'וצונו' on such a מצוה. Then it covers the ברכות for a סוכה that was already standing, and whether many מצוות get one ברכה or separate ones. The הלכה follows רבי יהודה, who says each מצוה gets its own ברכה. The עמוד ends by opening an אגדה contrasting humans with ה׳, which continues on the next עמוד.

Opening lines

הָעוֹשֶׂה לוּלָב לְעַצְמוֹ, אוֹמֵר:

One who makes a lulav for himself says:

״בָּרוּךְ ... שֶׁהֶחֱיָינוּ וְקִיְּימָנוּ

"Blessed... Who has given us life, sustained us,

וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לִזְמַן הַזֶּה״.

and brought us to this time."

נְטָלוֹ לָצֵאת בּוֹ, אוֹמֵר:

When he takes it to fulfill his obligation, he says:

The steps (37)

  1. Statementברכות when making and taking a לולב
  2. Statementברכות when making and entering a סוכה
  3. ChallengeThe ברייתא contradicts רבי יוחנן on both לולב and סוכה
  4. ResolutionThe לולב contradiction is resolved by the time of the בית המקדש versus today
  5. ChallengeThe סוכה contradiction still stands
  6. ResolutionThe סוכה question is a dispute between תנאים, modeled on תפילין
  7. Statementאביי and רבא disagree on whose view is the הלכה
  8. Proofרבא's own practice with תפילין
  9. ConclusionWe follow רבי and bless on סוכה all seven days
  10. StatementMore reports of a ברכה on תפילין each time
  11. StatementThree views on לולב after the first day
  12. ChallengeCan the first day be only rabbinic?
  13. ResolutionCorrect the wording to exclude the first day
  14. ChallengeThen רבי יצחק says the same as רבי יהושע בן לוי
  15. Resolutionרבי יצחק agrees with רבי יהושע בן לוי
  16. Proofרב also holds לולב gets a ברכה all seven days
  17. StatementOne who sees a נר חנוכה must bless
  18. QuestionWhich blessings are said?
  19. ResponseNumber of חנוכה ברכות for the lighter and the viewer
  20. ResponseThe wording of the ברכה on נר חנוכה
  21. ChallengeWhere did ה׳ command us to light?
  22. ResolutionThe source is 'לא תסור'
  23. Resolutionרב נחמן בר יצחק: the source is 'שאל אביך'
  24. ResponseAfter the first night, שהחיינו is dropped
  25. ChallengeWhy not drop the miracle ברכה instead?
  26. ResolutionThe miracle happened every day
  27. Statementרב explicitly: a ברכה on לולב all seven days
  28. StatementBuilding and entering a סוכה: which ברכות
  29. StatementA סוכה that was already standing
  30. Statementרב כהנא said them all over the קידוש cup
  31. StatementMany מצוות: one combined ברכה
  32. Statementרבי יהודה: a separate ברכה for each
  33. ConclusionThe הלכה follows רבי יהודה
  34. QuestionWhat is רבי יהודה's reason?
  35. ProofThe פסוק 'ברוך ה' יום יום' and its puzzle
  36. ConclusionGive each thing its own fitting ברכה
  37. StatementHuman nature is unlike the way of ה׳: the empty vessel