And he gazed into

<<it

<<two

<<and three

<<hours,

<<and not

<<did they remove him.

Why

<<not

<<did they remove him?

<<But didn't Rav Yehuda say in the name of Rav:

<<If he erred

<<in any of

<<the blessings,

<<all of them,

<<they do not

<<remove

<<him;

<<in the blessing of

<<the heretics,

<<they remove

<<him,

<<for we are concerned

<<perhaps

<<a heretic

<<he is!

Different is

<<Shmuel HaKatan,

<<for he

<<composed it.

But let us be concerned

<<perhaps

<<he retracted

<<in it [his ways].

<<Abaye said:

<<We have learned [as tradition]:

<<a good one

<<does not

<<become

<<bad.

And not?

<<But is it not written:

<<“And when turns

<<a righteous man

<<from his righteousness

<<and does

<<wrong”!

<<That one

<<was wicked

<<from his origin;

<<but

<<righteous

<<from his origin,

<<no.

And not?

<<But

<<we learned:

<<Do not

<<trust

<<in yourself

<<until

<<the day of

<<your death,

<<for behold,

<<Yochanan

<<the High Priest

<<served

<<in the High Priesthood

<<eighty

<<years,

<<and in the end

<<became

<<a Sadducee.

Abaye said:

<<He is

<<Yannai,

<<he is

<<Yochanan.

<<Rava

<<said:

<<Yannai

<<is separate

<<and Yochanan

<<is separate;

<<Yannai

<<was wicked

<<from his origin,

<<and Yochanan

<<was righteous

<<from his origin.

<<It is well

<<according to Abaye,

<<but

<<according to Rava

<<it is difficult!

Would say

<<to you

<<Rava:

<<a righteous one

<<from his origin

<<also

<<perhaps

<<will retract

<<in it.

<<If so,

<<why

<<not

<<did they remove him?

Different is

<<Shmuel HaKatan,

<<for he had begun

<<it.

<<For Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav,

<<and some say

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<they taught this only

<<where he did not

<<begin

<<it;

<<but

<<if he began

<<it,

<<he finishes it.

These

<<seven

<<of Shabbos —

<<corresponding to

<<what?

<<Rabbi Chalafta ben Shaul said:

<<Corresponding to

<<seven

<<“voices”

<<that David said

<<over

<<the waters.

These

<<nine

<<of Rosh Hashana —

<<corresponding to

<<what?

<<Rabbi Yitzchak of Kartigenin said:

<<Corresponding to

<<nine

<<mentions [of the Name]

<<that Chana said

<<in her prayer.

<<For said

<<the Master:

<<On Rosh Hashana

<<were remembered

<<Sarah,

<<Rachel,

<<and Chana.

These

<<twenty

<<and four

<<of a fast day —

<<corresponding to

<<what?

<<Rabbi Chelbo said:

<<Corresponding to

<<twenty

<<and four

<<“songs of joy”

<<that Shlomo said

<<at the time

<<that he brought

<<the Ark

<<into the House of

<<the Holy of

<<Holies.

<<If so,

<<every

<<day

<<also

<<let us say them!

<<When

<<did say them

<<Shlomo?

<<On a day of

<<mercy [supplication];

<<we

<<also,

<<on a day of

<<mercy,

<<say

<<them.

Rabbi Yehoshua

<<says:

<<A digest of

<<eighteen.

<<What is

<<“A digest of

<<eighteen”?

<<Rav

<<said:

<<A digest of

<<each

<<blessing

<<and blessing.

<<And Shmuel

<<said:

<<“Give us understanding,

<<Hashem

<<our God,

<<to know

<<Your ways,

<<and circumcise

<<our heart

<<to fear You,

<<and forgive

<<us

<<to be

<<redeemed,

<<and distance us

<<from our pains,

<<and fatten us

<<in the pastures of

<<Your land,

<<and our scattered ones

<<from the four [corners]

<<gather,

<<and those who stray

<<according to

<<Your knowledge

<<shall be judged,

<<and upon

<<the wicked

<<wave

<<Your hands,

<<and let rejoice

<<the righteous

<<in the building of

<<Your city,

<<and in the establishing of

<<Your Sanctuary,

<<and in the flourishing of

<<the horn

<<of David

<<Your servant,

<<and in the preparing of

<<a lamp

<<for the son of

<<Yishai,

<<Your anointed;

<<before

<<we call,

<<You

<<will answer.

<<Blessed

<<are You,

<<Hashem,

<<who hears

<<prayer.”

Cursed

<<about it

<<Abaye

<<anyone who

<<prays

<<“Havinenu.”

Rav Nachman said in the name of Shmuel:

<<All

<<the year,

<<the whole of it,

<<may pray

<<a person

<<“Havinenu,”

<<except

<<on the conclusions of

<<Shabbos

<<and on the conclusions of

<<festivals,

<<because

<<he must

<<say

<<havdala

<<in “Who graciously grants

<<knowledge.”

Objected

<<to it

<<Rabba bar Shmuel:

<<But let him say it

<<as a blessing,

<<a fourth one,

<<on

<<its own!

<<Did

<<not

<<we learn:

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<He says it

<<as a blessing,

<<a fourth one,

<<on

<<its own;

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<in the Thanksgiving [blessing].

Is that to say

<<all

<<the year,

<<the whole of it,

<<do

<<we act

<<like Rabbi Akiva,

<<that now

<<also

<<we should act?!

<<All

<<the year,

<<the whole of it,

<<what is the reason

<<not

<<do we act

<<like Rabbi Akiva?

<<Eighteen

<<they instituted;

<<nineteen

<<they did not

<<institute.

<<Here

<<too,

<<seven

<<they instituted;

<<eight

<<they did not

<<institute.

Objected

<<to it

<<Mar Zutra:

<<But let him include it

<<as part of it:

<<“Give us understanding,

<<Hashem

<<our God,

<<who distinguishes

<<between

<<holy

<<and profane”!

<<It is difficult.

Rav Bivi bar Abaye said:

<<All

<<the year,

<<the whole of it,

<<may pray

<<a person

<<“Havinenu,”

<<except

<<in the days of

<<the rains,

<<because

<<he must

<<say

<<the request [for rain]

<<in the blessing of

<<“the Years.”

<<Objected

<<to it

<<Mar Zutra:

<<But let him include it

<<as part of it:

<<“And fatten us

<<in the pastures of

<<Your land,

<<and give

<<dew

<<and rain”!

He will come

<<to be confused.

<<If so,

<<havdala

<<in “Who graciously grants

<<knowledge”

<<also

<<he will come

<<to be confused!

They say:

<<There,

<<since

<<it comes

<<at the beginning of

<<the prayer,

<<not

<<is he confused;

<<here,

<<since

<<it comes

<<in the middle of

<<the prayer,

<<he is confused.

Objected

<<to it

<<Rav Ashi:

<<But let him say it

<<in “Who hears

<<prayer,”

<<for Rabbi Tanchum said in the name of Rav Assi:

<<If he erred

<<and did not

<<mention

<<the might of

<<rains

<<in “Revival of

<<the dead,”

<<we return

<<him;

<<the request

<<in the blessing of

<<the Years,

<<we do not

<<return

<<him,

<<because

<<he can

<<say it

<<in “Who hears

<<prayer”;

<<and havdala

<<in “Who graciously grants

<<knowledge,”

<<we do not

<<return

<<him,

<<because

<<he can

<<say it

<<over

<<the cup.

<<One who erred

<<is different.

The matter itself:

<<Rabbi Tanchum said in the name of Rav Assi:

<<If he erred

<<and did not

<<mention

<<the might of

<<rains

<<in “Revival of

<<the dead,”

<<we return

<<him;

<<the request

<<in the blessing of

<<“the Years,”

<<we do not

<<return

<<him,

<<because

<<he can

<<say it

<<in “Who hears

<<prayer”;

<<and havdala

<<in “Who graciously grants

<<knowledge,”

<<we do not

<<return

<<him,

<<because

<<he can

<<say it

<<over

<<the cup.

They raised an objection:

<<If he erred

<<and did not

<<mention

<<the might of

<<rains

<<in “Revival of

<<the dead,”

<<we return

<<him;

<<the request

<<in the blessing of

<<“the Years,”

<<we return

<<him;

<<and havdala

<<in “Who graciously grants

<<knowledge,”

<<we do not

<<return

<<him,

<<because

<<he can

<<say it

<<over

<<the cup.

It is not difficult:

<<this

<<is with an individual,

<<this

<<is with a congregation.

With a congregation,

<<what is the reason

<<not?

<<Because

<<he hears it

<<from the emissary of

<<the congregation.

<<If so,

<<this

<<‘because

<<he can

<<say it

<<in Who hears

<<prayer’ —

<<‘because

<<he hears

<<from the emissary of

<<the congregation’

<<it should

<<have said!

Rather,

<<this

<<and that

<<are with an individual,

<<and it is not difficult:

<<this

<<is where he remembered

<<before

<<“Who hears

<<prayer,”