should relieve himself,

<<and wash

<<his hands,

<<and put on

<<tefillin,

<<and recite

<<the Shema,

<<and pray;

<<and this

<<is

<<the kingdom of

<<Heaven

<<complete.

Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<anyone

<<who relieves himself,

<<and washes

<<his hands,

<<and puts on

<<tefillin,

<<and recites

<<the Shema,

<<and prays —

<<credits

<<him

<<the verse

<<as if

<<he built

<<an altar

<<and offered

<<upon it

<<a sacrifice,

<<as it is written:

<<“I will wash

<<in cleanness

<<my hands,

<<and I will go around

<<Your altar,

<<Hashem.”

<<Rava said to him:

<<does not

<<hold

<<it

<<the master

<<that it is as if

<<he immersed?

<<For it is written:

<<“I will wash

<<[in cleanness],”

<<and not

<<is written

<<“I will cause to wash

<<[my hands].”

Ravina said to Rava:

<<see,

<<master,

<<this

<<young scholar

<<of the Rabbis

<<who came

<<from the West

<<and said:

<<one who

<<has no

<<for himself

<<water

<<to wash

<<his hands

<<wipes

<<his hands

<<with earth,

<<and with a pebble,

<<and with a wood chip.

He said to him:

<<well

<<he says.

<<Is it

<<written

<<“I will wash

<<in water”?

<<“In cleanness”

<<is written —

<<any

<<thing

<<that cleans.

<<For indeed

<<Rav Chisda

<<would curse

<<one who

<<goes searching

<<for water

<<at the time of

<<prayer.

And these

<<words [apply]

<<to the Shema;

<<but

<<for prayer

<<he searches.

<<And up to

<<how much?

<<Up to

<<a parsah.

<<And these

<<words [apply]

<<in front of him;

<<but

<<behind him,

<<even

<<a mil

<<he does not

<<go back.

<<[And from it:]

<<a mil

<<is it

<<that he does not

<<go back;

<<but

<<less

<<than a mil

<<he goes back.

MISHNAH:

<<One who recites

<<the Shema

<<and did not

<<make it audible

<<to his ear

<<has fulfilled.

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<he has not

<<fulfilled.

If he recited

<<and was not

<<precise

<<with its letters,

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<he has fulfilled;

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<he has not

<<fulfilled.

One who recites

<<out of order

<<has not

<<fulfilled.

<<If he recited

<<and erred,

<<he should go back

<<to the place

<<where he erred.

GEMARA:

<<What is

<<the reason

<<of Rabbi Yosei?

<<Because

<<it is written

<<“Shema” (hear):

<<make audible

<<to your ear

<<what

<<you

<<bring out

<<from your mouth.

<<And the first

<<Tanna

<<holds:

<<“Shema” —

<<in any

<<language

<<that you

<<understand.

And Rabbi Yosei?

<<Two [things]

<<learn from it.

We learned

<<there:

<<a deaf person

<<who speaks

<<but does not

<<hear

<<should not

<<separate terumah;

<<and if

<<he separated,

<<his terumah

<<is terumah.

Who is

<<the Tanna

<<that a deaf person

<<who speaks

<<but does not

<<hear,

<<after the fact,

<<yes;

<<at the outset,

<<no?

Rav Chisda said:

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<it is,

<<as we learned:

<<one who recites

<<“the Shema”

<<and did not

<<make it audible

<<to his ear

<<has fulfilled —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Yehuda.

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<he has not

<<fulfilled.

Up to

<<this point

<<did not

<<say

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<“He has not

<<fulfilled”

<<except

<<regarding

<<the Shema,

<<which is Torah law;

<<but

<<terumah

<<is because of

<<the blessing

<<it is,

<<and the blessing

<<is Rabbinic,

<<and not

<<on the blessing

<<depends

<<the matter.

And from where

<<that Rabbi Yosei

<<it is?

<<Perhaps

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<it is,

<<and he says

<<regarding

<<the Shema

<<too:

<<after the fact,

<<yes;

<<at the outset,

<<no.

<<Know it,

<<for it teaches

<<“One who recites” —

<<after the fact,

<<yes;

<<at the outset,

<<no.

They say:

<<this,

<<that it teaches

<<“One who recites,”

<<is to inform you of

<<the strength

<<of Rabbi Yosei,

<<who said:

<<after the fact

<<too,

<<no.

<<For if

<<Rabbi Yehuda,

<<even

<<at the outset

<<too

<<he has fulfilled.

In what

<<did you establish it?

<<Like Rabbi Yosei?

<<But then,

<<this

<<that is taught:

<<“Not

<<should bless

<<a person

<<Grace after Meals

<<in his heart,

<<and if

<<he blessed,

<<he has fulfilled” —

whose is it?

<<Not

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<and not

<<Rabbi Yehuda!

<<For if

<<Rabbi Yehuda,

<<surely

<<he said

<<at the outset

<<too

<<he has fulfilled;

<<if

<<Rabbi Yosei,

<<after the fact

<<too

<<no!

Rather,

<<what?

<<Rabbi Yehuda,

<<and after the fact

<<yes,

<<at the outset

<<no.

But

<<this

<<that taught

<<Rabbi Yehuda (son of Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi):

<<“a deaf person

<<who speaks

<<but does not

<<hear

<<separates terumah

<<at the outset” —

<<whose is it?

Not

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<and not

<<Rabbi Yosei!

<<If

<<Rabbi Yehuda,

<<surely

<<he said

<<after the fact

<<yes,

<<at the outset

<<no;

<<if

<<Rabbi Yosei,

<<surely

<<he said

<<after the fact

<<too

<<no!

Rather,

<<actually

<<Rabbi Yehuda,

<<and even

<<at the outset

<<too,

<<and it is not difficult:

<<this

<<is his own,

<<this

<<is his teacher's.

<<As we learned:

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya:

<<one who recites

<<the Shema

<<needs

<<to make it audible

<<to his ear,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Hear,

<<Israel:

<<Hashem

<<is our God,

<<Hashem

<<is One.”

<<Rabbi Meir said to him:

<<behold,

<<it

<<says:

<<“which

<<I

<<command you

<<today,

<<upon

<<your heart” —

<<after

<<the intent of

<<the heart

<<they

<<are

<<the words.

Now

<<that you have come

<<to this,

<<even

<<you may say

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<like his teacher

<<holds

<<it,

<<and it is not difficult:

<<this

<<is Rabbi Meir,

<<this

<<is Rabbi Yehuda.

We learned

<<there:

<<all

<<are fit

<<to read

<<the Megillah,

<<except

<<for a deaf person,

<<an imbecile,

<<and a minor;

<<and Rabbi Yehuda

<<validates

<<with a minor.

Who is

<<the Tanna

<<that a deaf person,

<<after the fact

<<too,

<<no?

<<Rav Masna said:

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<it is,

<<as we learned:

<<one who recites

<<“the Shema”

<<and did not

<<make it audible

<<to his ear

<<has fulfilled —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Yehuda.

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<he has not

<<fulfilled.

From where

<<that Rabbi Yosei

<<it is,

<<and after the fact

<<too

<<no?