tents

<<to streams,

<<as it is written:

<<“As streams

<<stretched out,

<<as gardens

<<by

<<a river,

<<as tents

<<planted,”

<<etc. —

<<to say

<<to you:

<<just as

<<streams

<<raise

<<a person

<<from impurity

<<to purity,

<<so too

<<tents

<<raise

<<a person

<<from the scale of

<<guilt

<<to the scale of

<<merit.

“One who recites

<<out of order

<<has not

<<fulfilled,”

<<etc.

Rabbi Ami

<<and Rabbi Assi

<<were

<<in the midst of

<<tying

<<for him

<<a wedding canopy,

<<for Rabbi Elazar.

<<He said to them:

<<in the meantime

<<I will go

<<and hear

<<a matter

<<of the house of

<<study,

<<and I will come

<<and tell it

<<to you.

<<He went

<<and found

<<the Tanna

<<who was teaching

<<before

<<Rabbi Yochanan:

If he recited

<<and erred,

<<and does not

<<know

<<where

<<he erred:

<<in the middle of

<<the section,

<<he should go back

<<to the beginning;

<<between

<<section

<<and section,

<<he should go back

<<to the section

<<first;

<<between

<<“writing”

<<and “writing,”

<<he should go back

<<to the “writing”

<<first.

Rabbi Yochanan said to him:

<<they did not

<<teach [this]

<<except

<<where not

<<he had begun

<<with “So that

<<may be multiplied

<<your days”;

<<but

<<if he had begun

<<with “So that

<<may be multiplied

<<your days,”

<<his routine

<<he took hold of

<<and came along.

He came

<<and told them.

<<They said to him:

<<if

<<not

<<we had come

<<except

<<to hear

<<this thing,

<<it would be enough for us.

MISHNAH:

<<The craftsmen

<<recite

<<at the top of

<<the tree

<<and at the top of

<<the course of stones,

<<something

<<that they are not

<<permitted

<<to do

<<so

<<in the prayer.

A groom

<<is exempt

<<from the Shema

<<on the night,

<<the first one,

<<until

<<the departure of

<<Shabbos,

<<if

<<not

<<he has done

<<the act.

<<And an incident

<<with Rabban Gamliel,

<<that he married

<<a woman

<<and recited

<<on the night,

<<the first one.

<<They said

<<to him

<<his students:

<<“You taught us,

<<our teacher,

<<that a groom

<<is exempt

<<from the Shema!”

<<He said to them:

<<I will not

<<listen

<<to you

<<to cancel

<<from myself

<<the kingdom of

<<Heaven

<<even

<<for an hour,

<<a single one.

GEMARA:

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<the craftsmen

<<recite

<<at the top of

<<the tree

<<and at the top of

<<the course of stones,

<<and they pray

<<at the top of

<<the olive tree

<<and at the top of

<<the fig tree;

<<and the rest of

<<all

<<the trees,

<<they go down

<<below

<<and pray.

<<And the householder,

<<either

<<this way

<<or

<<that way,

<<goes down

<<below

<<and prays,

<<because

<<is not

<<his mind

<<settled

<<upon him.

Raised a contradiction

<<to him

<<Rav Mari (son of the daughter of Shmuel)

<<to Rava:

<<we learned:

<<the craftsmen

<<recite

<<at the top of

<<the tree

<<and at the top of

<<the course of stones —

<<apparently

<<not

<<it requires

<<intent.

<<And they contrasted it:

<<one who recites

<<the Shema

<<needs

<<to direct

<<his heart,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Hear,

<<Israel,”

<<and further on

<<it

<<says:

<<“Be attentive

<<and hear,

<<Israel”;

<<just as

<<further on

<<with “Be attentive,”

<<so too

<<here

<<with “Be attentive.”

He was silent.

<<He said to him:

<<anything

<<heard

<<by you

<<about this?

<<He said to him:

<<thus

<<Rav Sheshes said:

<<and that is

<<when they stop

<<from their work

<<and recite.

But surely it is taught:

<<Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<they engage

<<in their work

<<and recite!

It is not difficult:

<<this

<<in the section

<<first;

<<this

<<in the section

<<second.

The Rabbis taught:

<<the laborers

<<who were

<<doing

<<work

<<for

<<a householder

<<recite

<<the Shema

<<and bless

<<before it

<<and after it,

<<and they eat

<<their bread

<<and bless

<<before it

<<and after it,

<<and they pray

<<the prayer

<<of

<<eighteen [blessings];

<<but

<<they do not

<<go down

<<before

<<the ark,

<<and they do not

<<raise

<<their hands.

But surely it is taught:

<<an abridgment of

<<the Eighteen!

<<Rav Sheshes said:

<<It is not difficult:

<<this

<<is Rabban Gamliel,

<<this

<<is Rabbi Yehoshua.

If

<<Rabbi Yehoshua,

<<why

<<specifically

<<laborers?

<<Even

<<any

<<person

<<too!

Rather,

<<this one

<<and that one

<<are Rabban Gamliel,

<<and it is not difficult:

<<here,

<<in those who work

<<for their wage;

<<here,

<<in those who work

<<for their meal.

And indeed it is taught:

<<the laborers

<<who were

<<doing

<<work

<<for

<<a householder

<<recite

<<the Shema

<<and pray;

<<and they eat

<<their bread

<<and do not

<<bless

<<before it,

<<but

<<they bless

<<after it

<<two.

<<How so?

<<The blessing

<<first

<<as it is set;

<<the second —

<<he opens

<<with the blessing of

<<the land,

<<and they include

<<“Who builds

<<Jerusalem”

<<in the blessing of

<<the land.

In what case are these words said?

<<In those who work

<<for their wage;

<<but

<<those who work

<<for their meal,

<<or

<<where was

<<the householder

<<reclining

<<with them,

<<they bless

<<as it is set.

“A groom

<<is exempt

<<from the Shema.”

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<“When you sit

<<in your house” —

<<to exclude

<<one who is engaged

<<in a mitzvah;

<<“and when you walk

<<on the way” —

<<to exclude

<<a groom.

<<From here

<<they said:

<<one who marries

<<a virgin

<<is exempt,

<<and a widow —

<<is obligated.

What

<<is the implication?

<<Rav Pappa said:

<<like

<<“way”:

<<just as

<<a way

<<is optional,

<<so too

<<here

<<too,

<<optional.

Is it

<<not

<<that we are dealing

<<where he is going

<<for a matter of

<<mitzvah,

<<and even

<<so

<<said

<<the Merciful One:

<<let him recite!

If so,

<<let say

<<the verse

<<“when walking”;

<<what is

<<“when you walk”?

<<Learn from it:

<<in walking

<<of yours

<<it is

<<that you are obligated;

<<but

<<of a mitzvah

<<you are exempt.