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(a) We suggest that, according to Rebbi, the rest of the Torah may be recited in any language (since otherwise, why would he need a Pasuk requiring the Shema to be read in Lashon ha'Kodesh?). What do we mean by 'the rest of the Torah'?
(b) On what grounds do we refute this suggestion (i.e. Rebbi might even hold that the rest of the Torah too, must be recited in Lashon ha'Kodesh, and still, the Torah needs to write "va'Hayu".) Why is that?
(c) Similarly, we conclude, the Rabanan who hold that the Shema may be recited in any language, might well hold that the rest of the Torah too, may be recited in any language, yet the Torah needs to write "Shema". Why is that?
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8)
(a) The Beraisa derives the first three Berachos of the Amidah from Mizmor l'David (the chapter in Tehilim that we recite every Shabbos when the Torah is taken out). From which phrase do we derive the Berachah of ...
1. ... Avos?
2. ... Gevuros?
3. ... Kedushos?
(b) What does the Tana learn from the juxtaposition of the Pasuk in Yeshayah ...
1. ... "v'Hikdishu es Kedosh Yakov ... " to that of "v'Yad'u So'ei Ru'ach Binah"?
2. ... "u'Levavo Yavin", "v'Shav v'Rafa Lo"?
(c) And he learns the sequence of Teshuvah, Selichah and Refu'ah from the two Pesukim in Tehilim "v'Yashov el Hash-m vi'Yerachamehu v'el Elokeinu Ki Yarbeh li'Selo'ach" and "ha'Sole'ach l'Chol Avoneichi ha'Rofei l'Chol Tachalu'aichi", respectively. Then why does the above Pasuk (in 2.) place Refu'ah after Binah?
(d) Considering that the redemption appears later in the Berachos of Kibutz Galiyos, Bonei Yerushalayim and Tzemach David, why is the Berachah of Go'el Yisrael placed so early in the Amidah?
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9)
(a) Why is Ge'ulah specifically the seventh Berachah?
(b) Considering Mar's statement, that in the sixth year there will be loud noises, in the seventh battles, and ben David will only come on Motzei Shevi'is, ought it not to be the eighth?
(c) And why is Refu'ah specifically the eighth Berachah?
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10)
(a) The ninth Berachah is that of Birchas ha'Shanim, corresponding to the 'Mafki'ei She'arim', against whom David ha'Melech prayed in the ninth chapter of Tehilim. Who are the 'Mafki'ei She'arim'?
(b) On what grounds does it then appear in the tenth chapter?
(c) Birchas ha'Shanim is followed by Kibutz Galuyos because of the juxtaposition of these two issues in the Pasuk in Yechezkel ("v'Atem Harei Yisrael Anafchem Titnu u'Frichem Tis'u l'Ami Yisrael, ki Karvu Lamo"). What do we learn from the juxtaposition of the Pesukim in Yeshayah "v'Ashivah Yadi Alayich v'Etzrof ka'Bor Sigayich" and "v'Ashivah Shoftayich k'Varishonah"?
(d) It is obvious that the destruction of the Resha'im follows their judgment. Yeshayah writes "v'Shever Posh'im v'Chata'im Yachdav. "Chata'im" refers to the Resha'im. What is meant by " ... Posh'im"? What do we learn from there with regard to the Amidah?
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11)
(a) What automatically follows the downfall of the Resha'im?
(b) What does the Tana learn from the juxtaposition of the Pesukim in Kedoshim "Mipnei Seivah Takum ... " and "v'Chi Yagur Itchem Ger"?
(c) Why is the Berachah of the rise of the Tzadikim followed ...
1. ... by that of Yerushalayim?
2. ... and then by 'es Tzemach David'?
(d) When David arrives, what inevitably arrives with him?
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