Ravina said to Rava:

<<The halacha,

<<what is it?

<<He said to him:

<<Like

<<kiddush:

<<just as

<<kiddush,

<<even though

<<he makes kiddush

<<in the prayer,

<<he makes kiddush

<<over the cup,

<<so

<<havdalah

<<too:

<<even though

<<he makes havdalah

<<in the prayer,

<<he makes havdalah

<<over the cup.

Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<“in the Thanksgiving.”

Rabbi Zeira

<<was

<<riding

<<a donkey,

<<and was

<<walking along

<<Rabbi Chiya bar Avin

<<behind him.

<<He said to him:

<<Is it certain

<<that you said

<<in the name

<<of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<the halacha

<<is like Rabbi Eliezer

<<on a Festival

<<that falls

<<to be

<<after

<<Shabbos?

<<He said to him:

<<Yes.

The halacha —

<<by implication

<<that they disagree?

And do they not

<<disagree?

<<But do they not

<<disagree,

<<the Rabbis?

Say

<<that disagree

<<the Rabbis

<<in the rest of

<<the days of

<<the year;

<<on a Festival

<<that falls

<<to be

<<after

<<Shabbos,

<<do they

<<disagree?

But

<<disagrees

<<Rabbi Akiva!

Is it so that

<<all

<<the year

<<entire

<<do

<<we act

<<like Rabbi Akiva,

<<that now

<<we should arise

<<and act

<<like him?!

<<All

<<the year

<<entire,

<<what

<<is the reason

<<not

<<do we act

<<like Rabbi Akiva?

<<Because eighteen

<<they instituted;

<<nineteen

<<not

<<did they institute.

<<Here

<<too,

<<seven

<<they instituted;

<<eight

<<not

<<did they institute.

He said to him:

<<Not

<<“halacha”

<<was stated,

<<but

<<“they lean”

<<was stated.

As it was stated:

<<Rabbi Yitzchak bar Avdimi

<<said

<<in the name

<<of our teacher (Rav):

<<Halacha;

<<and some say:

<<They lean.

Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<They concede.

<<And Rabbi Chiya bar Abba

<<said:

<<It appears so.

Rabbi Zeira said:

<<Take

<<that of Rabbi Chiya bar Abba

<<in your hand,

<<for he is precise

<<and learns

<<the teaching

<<from the mouth of

<<its master

<<well,

<<like Rachava

<<of Pumbedisa.

For Rachava said in the name of Rabbi Yehuda:

<<The Temple Mount

<<a colonnade

<<double

<<it was,

<<and there was

<<a colonnade

<<within

<<a colonnade.

Rav Yosef said:

<<I —

<<not

<<this

<<do I know,

<<and not

<<this

<<do I know;

<<but

<<from Rav

<<and Shmuel

<<I know,

<<that they instituted

<<for us

<<a pearl

<<in Bavel:

“And You made known to us,

<<Hashem

<<our God,

<<the judgments of

<<Your righteousness,

<<and You taught us

<<to do

<<the statutes of

<<Your will;

<<and You gave us as inheritance

<<seasons of

<<joy

<<and festivals of

<<freewill offering;

<<and You bequeathed to us

<<the holiness of

<<Shabbos

<<and the glory of

<<the appointed time

<<and the festive offering of

<<the pilgrimage.

<<Between

<<the holiness of

<<Shabbos

<<and the holiness of

<<the Festival

<<You have distinguished,

<<and the day

<<the seventh

<<from the six

<<days of

<<the work

<<You have sanctified.

<<You have distinguished

<<and sanctified

<<Your people

<<Israel

<<with Your holiness.

<<And You gave

<<us,

<<etc.”

MISHNAH:

<<One who says:

<<“On

<<the nest of

<<a bird

<<extend

<<Your mercies,”

<<or “For

<<good

<<be mentioned

<<Your name,”

<<or “We give thanks,

<<we give thanks” —

<<they silence

<<him.

GEMARA:

<<It is understandable:

<<“We give thanks,

<<we give thanks” —

<<they silence

<<him,

<<because

<<it appears

<<like two

<<authorities.

<<And “For

<<good

<<be mentioned

<<Your name”

<<too:

<<it implies

<<for

<<the good

<<and not

<<for

<<the bad,

<<and we learned:

<<Obligated is

<<a person

<<to bless

<<for

<<the bad

<<just as

<<he blesses

<<for

<<the good.

<<But

<<“On

<<the nest of

<<a bird

<<extend

<<Your mercies” —

<<What is the reason?

Disagree

<<about it

<<two

<<Amoraim

<<in the West,

<<Rabbi Yosei bar Avin

<<and Rabbi Yosei bar Zevida:

<<One

<<said:

<<Because

<<he casts

<<jealousy

<<among the works of

<<creation.

<<And one

<<said:

<<Because

<<he makes

<<the attributes

<<of

<<the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<mercy,

<<but they are not

<<anything but

<<decrees.

A certain one

<<who went down

<<before

<<Rabbah

<<and said:

<<You

<<had pity

<<on

<<the nest of

<<a bird;

<<You,

<<have pity

<<and have mercy

<<on us!

<<Rabbah said:

<<How much

<<knows

<<this

<<young Torah scholar

<<how to appease

<<his Master!

<<Abaye said to him:

<<But

<<“they silence

<<him”

<<we learned!

And Rabbah

<<too —

<<to sharpen

<<Abaye

<<it is

<<that he wanted.

A certain one

<<who went down

<<before

<<Rabbi Chanina

<<said:

<<“The God,

<<the Great,

<<the Mighty,

<<and the Awesome,

<<and the Powerful,

<<and the Strong,

<<and the Feared,

<<the Firm,

<<and the Courageous,

<<and the Certain,

<<and the Honored.”

He waited

<<for him

<<until

<<he finished.

<<When

<<he finished,

<<he said to him:

<<Have you finished

<<all

<<the praises

<<of your Master?!

<<Why

<<do I need

<<all

<<this?

<<We —

<<these

<<three

<<that we say,

<<if

<<not

<<that had said them

<<Moshe

<<our teacher

<<in the Torah,

<<and came

<<the Men of

<<the Great Assembly

<<and instituted them

<<in the prayer,

<<not

<<would we

<<be able

<<to say

<<them;

<<and you

<<said

<<all

<<this

<<and went on!

<<A parable:

<<to a king

<<of flesh

<<and blood

<<who had

<<for himself

<<a thousand

<<thousands of

<<dinars of

<<gold,

<<and they were

<<praising

<<him

<<with that

<<of silver.

<<But is it not

<<a disgrace

<<it is

<<to him!

And Rabbi Chanina said:

<<Everything

<<is in the hands of

<<Heaven

<<except

<<for the fear of

<<Heaven,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And now,

<<Israel,

<<what

<<does Hashem

<<your God

<<ask

<<of you

<<but only

<<to fear.”

Is it so that

<<the fear of

<<Heaven

<<a matter

<<small

<<it is?

<<But didn't Rabbi Chanina say in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai:

<<There is nothing

<<for Him,

<<for the Holy One, Blessed be He,

<<in the house of

<<His treasuries

<<anything except

<<a treasury

<<of

<<the fear of

<<Heaven,

<<as it is stated:

<<“The fear of

<<Hashem

<<it is

<<His treasury.”

Yes,

<<with regard to

<<Moshe

<<a matter

<<small

<<it is.

<<For Rabbi Chanina said:

<<A parable:

<<to a person

<<from whom they request

<<of him

<<a vessel

<<large,

<<and he has

<<it —

<<it seems

<<to him

<<like a vessel

<<small;

<<a small one,

<<and he does not have

<<it —

<<it seems

<<to him

<<like a vessel

<<large.

“We give thanks,

<<we give thanks” —

<<they silence

<<him.

Rabbi Zeira said:

<<Anyone

<<who says

<<“Shema,

<<Shema”

<<is like one who says

<<“We give thanks,

<<we give thanks”

<<he is considered.

They raised an objection:

<<One who reads

<<the Shema

<<and doubles it,

<<this is

<<disgraceful.

<<Disgraceful

<<it is

<<that he is,

<<but silence

<<not

<<do we silence

<<him!

It is not difficult:

<<this one,

<<where he says

<<word

<<by word

<<and repeats

<<it;

<<and this one,

<<where he says

<<verse

<<by verse

<<and repeats

<<it.

Rav Pappa said to Abaye:

<<But perhaps

<<at first

<<not

<<did he focus

<<his mind,

<<and in the end

<<he focused

<<his mind?

He said to him: