Rather,

<<if

<<you say

<<“Ahavah rabbah”

<<they would

<<say,

<<what is

<<“blessings

<<do not

<<invalidate

<<one

<<another”?

<<Perhaps

<<this

<<that not

<<they said

<<“Who forms

<<light”

<<is because

<<not

<<had arrived

<<the time of

<<“Who forms

<<light,”

<<and when

<<arrived

<<the time of

<<“Who forms

<<light,”

<<they would

<<say it.

And if

<<by inference,

<<what?

For if

<<by inference,

<<actually

<<“Ahavah rabbah”

<<they would

<<say,

<<and when

<<arrived

<<the time of

<<“Who forms

<<light,”

<<they would

<<say

<<it.

<<And what is

<<“blessings

<<do not

<<invalidate

<<one

<<another”?

<<The order of

<<the blessings.

“And they read

<<the Ten Commandments,

<<‘Shema,’

<<‘And it will be

<<if

<<you surely listen,’

<<‘And He said,’

<<‘True

<<and firm,’

<<and the Service,

<<and the blessing of

<<the Kohanim.”

Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<even

<<in the outlying areas

<<they sought

<<to read

<<so,

<<but

<<already

<<they abolished them

<<because of

<<the complaints of

<<the heretics.

It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<Rabbi Nasan

<<says:

<<in the outlying areas

<<they sought

<<to read

<<so,

<<but

<<already

<<they abolished them

<<because of

<<the complaints of

<<the heretics.

Rabbah bar bar Chana

<<thought

<<to institute them

<<in Sura.

<<Rav Chisda said to him:

<<already

<<they abolished them

<<because of

<<the complaints of

<<the heretics.

Ameimar

<<thought

<<to institute them

<<in Neharde'a.

<<Rav Ashi said to him:

<<already

<<they abolished them

<<because of

<<the complaints of

<<the heretics.

“And on Shabbos

<<they add

<<blessing

<<one

<<for the watch

<<that is leaving.”

<<What is

<<blessing

<<one?

<<Rabbi Chelbo said:

<<the watch

<<that is leaving

<<says

<<to the watch

<<that is entering:

<<“May the One

<<who caused to dwell

<<His name

<<in this house

<<— He —

<<cause to dwell

<<among you

<<love

<<and brotherhood

<<and peace

<<and friendship.”

“A place

<<where they said

<<to lengthen.”

<<Obvious:

<<where

<<he is holding

<<a cup

<<of wine

<<in his hand

<<and thought

<<that beer

<<it is,

<<and began

<<and blessed

<<with intent

<<for beer,

<<and concluded

<<with wine,

<<he has fulfilled.

<<For

<<even

<<if

<<he said

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word,”

<<he fulfilled.

<<For

<<we learned:

<<over

<<all of them,

<<if

<<he said

<<“that all

<<came to be

<<by His word,”

<<he fulfilled.

But

<<where

<<he is holding

<<a cup

<<of beer

<<in his hand

<<and thought

<<that wine

<<it is,

<<he began

<<and blessed

<<with intent

<<for wine,

<<and concluded

<<with beer,

<<what?

After

<<the main part of

<<the blessing

<<do we go,

<<or

<<after

<<the conclusion

<<do we go?

Come and hear:

<<in the morning,

<<if he began

<<with “Who forms

<<light”

<<and concluded

<<with “Who brings on

<<evenings,”

<<not

<<has he fulfilled;

<<if he began

<<with “Who brings on

<<evenings”

<<and concluded

<<with “Who forms

<<light,”

<<he has fulfilled.

In the evening,

<<if he began

<<with “Who brings on

<<evenings”

<<and concluded

<<with “Who forms

<<light,”

<<not

<<has he fulfilled;

<<if he began

<<with “Who forms

<<light”

<<and concluded

<<with “Who brings on

<<evenings,”

<<he has fulfilled.

The general rule

<<of

<<the matter:

<<all

<<goes

<<after

<<the conclusion.

It is different

<<there,

<<for he says

<<“Blessed

<<is the Former of

<<the luminaries.”

This works well

<<according to Rav,

<<who said:

<<any

<<blessing

<<that there is not

<<in it

<<mention of

<<the Name

<<is not

<<a blessing —

<<fine.

<<But

<<according to Rabbi Yochanan,

<<who said:

<<any

<<blessing

<<that there is not

<<in it

<<kingship

<<is not

<<a blessing,

<<what

<<is there

<<to say?

Rather,

<<since

<<Rabbah bar Ulla said:

<<in order

<<to mention

<<the attribute of

<<day

<<at night

<<and the attribute of

<<night

<<by day,

<<when

<<he says

<<blessing

<<and kingship

<<at the beginning,

<<on both of them

<<he says it.

Come and hear

<<from the end:

<<“The general rule

<<of

<<the matter:

<<all

<<goes

<<after

<<the conclusion.”

<<“The general rule

<<of

<<the matter” —

<<to include

<<what?

<<Is it not

<<to include

<<this

<<that we said?

No,

<<to include

<<bread

<<and dates.

<<What are the circumstances?

<<If you say

<<that he ate

<<bread

<<and thought

<<that dates

<<he ate,

<<and began

<<with intent

<<for dates

<<and concluded

<<with bread —

<<this is

<<our question!

It is not necessary:

<<as in a case

<<that he ate

<<dates

<<and thought

<<bread

<<he ate,

<<and began

<<with bread

<<and concluded

<<with dates,

<<he fulfilled].

<<For even

<<if he concluded

<<with bread

<<too

<<he fulfilled.

What is the reason?

<<For dates

<<too

<<nourish.

Rabbah bar Chinana the Elder said in the name of Rav:

<<anyone

<<who did not

<<say

<<“True

<<and firm”

<<in the morning,

<<and “True

<<and faithful”

<<in the evening,

<<not

<<has fulfilled

<<his obligation,

<<as it is stated:

<<“To tell

<<in the morning

<<Your kindness,

<<and Your faithfulness

<<in the nights.”

And said

<<Rabbah bar Chinana [the Elder]

<<in the name

<<of Rav:

<<one who prays,

<<when he

<<bows,

<<bows

<<at “Blessed,”

<<and when he

<<straightens,

<<straightens

<<at the Name.

Shmuel said:

<<what is

<<the reason

<<of Rav?

<<As it is written:

<<“Hashem

<<straightens

<<the bowed.”

They raised an objection:

<<“Before

<<My name

<<was dismayed

<<he.”

Is it

<<written

<<“at My name”?

<<“Before

<<My name”

<<is written.

Shmuel said to Chiya bar Rav:

<<son of

<<the Torah,

<<come

<<and I will tell

<<you

<<a matter

<<excellent

<<that said

<<your father.

<<Thus

<<said

<<your father:

<<when he

<<bows,

<<bows

<<at “Blessed”;

<<when he

<<straightens,

<<straightens

<<at the Name.