A Kohen Gadol —

<<at the end of

<<each

<<blessing

<<and blessing.

<<And the king —

<<at the start of

<<each

<<blessing

<<and blessing

<<and at the end of

<<each

<<blessing

<<and blessing.

Rabbi Yitzchak bar Nachmani said:

<<To me myself

<<it was explained

<<to me

<<by him,

<<by Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:

<<A commoner —

<<as

<<we said.

<<A Kohen Gadol —

<<at the start of

<<each

<<blessing

<<and blessing.

<<The king —

<<once

<<he has bowed,

<<again

<<he does not

<<straighten up,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And it was,

<<when finished

<<Shlomo

<<praying,

<<etc.,

<<he rose

<<from before

<<the altar of

<<Hashem,

<<from kneeling

<<on

<<his knees.”

The Rabbis taught:

<<Kidah —

<<on

<<the face,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And bowed (vatikod)

<<Bas Sheva

<<face

<<to the ground.”

<<Keriah —

<<on

<<the knees,

<<as it is stated:

<<“from kneeling

<<on

<<his knees.”

<<Hishtachavaya —

<<this is

<<spreading of

<<hands

<<and feet,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Shall indeed

<<we come,

<<I

<<and your mother

<<and your brothers,

<<to bow down

<<to you

<<to the ground?”

Rav Chiya son of Rav Huna said:

<<I saw

<<them,

<<Abaye

<<and Rava,

<<who leaned

<<to the side.

Taught

<<one:

<<One who bows

<<in the Thanksgiving

<<this is

<<praiseworthy.

<<And it is taught

<<another:

<<this is

<<disgraceful!

It is not difficult:

<<this one

<<at the beginning,

<<this one

<<at the end.

Rava

<<bowed

<<in the Thanksgiving,

<<beginning

<<and end.

<<Said to him

<<the Rabbis:

<<Why

<<is doing

<<the Master

<<so?

<<He said to them:

<<I saw

<<Rav Nachman

<<that he bowed,

<<and I saw

<<him,

<<Rav Sheshes,

<<that

<<he did

<<so.

But is it not taught:

<<One who bows

<<in the Thanksgiving,

<<this is

<<disgraceful!

That one

<<is in the Thanksgiving

<<that is in “Hallel.”

But is it not taught:

<<One who bows

<<in the Thanksgiving

<<and in the Thanksgiving

<<of

<<“Hallel” —

<<this is

<<disgraceful.

When

<<it is taught,

<<that one,

<<it is in the Thanksgiving

<<of Grace after Meals.

MISHNAH:

<<One who prays

<<and erred —

<<a sign

<<bad

<<for him.

<<And if

<<the agent of

<<the congregation

<<he is,

<<a sign

<<bad

<<for those who sent him,

<<because

<<the agent

<<of

<<a person

<<is like him.

<<They said

<<about him,

<<about

<<Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa,

<<that he would

<<pray

<<for

<<the sick

<<and say:

<<“This one

<<lives,

<<and this one

<<dies.”

<<They said to him:

<<From where

<<do you

<<know?

<<He said to them:

<<If

<<fluent

<<is my prayer

<<in my mouth,

<<know

<<I

<<that it

<<is accepted;

<<and if

<<not,

<<know

<<I

<<that it

<<is rejected.

GEMARA:

<<Regarding which?

Rav Chiya said in the name of Rav Safra

<<in the name

<<of one of the school of Rebbi:

<<In “Fathers.”

There are those

<<who teach

<<it

<<on a baraisa:

<<One who prays

<<needs

<<to focus

<<his heart

<<in all of them,

<<and if

<<he is not

<<able

<<to focus

<<in all of them,

<<let him focus

<<his heart

<<in one.

Rabbi Chiya said in the name of Rav Safra

<<in the name

<<of one of the school of Rebbi:

<<In “Fathers.”

“They said

<<about him,

<<about

<<Rabbi Chanina,

<<etc.”:

<<From where

<<are these

<<words?

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

<<For says

<<the verse:

<<“Who creates

<<the speech of

<<the lips:

<<peace,

<<peace

<<to the far

<<and to the near,

<<says

<<Hashem,

<<and I will heal him.”

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

<<All

<<the prophets,

<<all of them,

<<did not

<<prophesy

<<except

<<for one who marries off

<<his daughter

<<to a Torah scholar,

<<and for one who does

<<business

<<for a Torah scholar,

<<and for one who benefits

<<a Torah scholar

<<from his property.

<<But

<<Torah scholars

<<themselves —

<<“An eye

<<has not

<<seen,

<<O God,

<<except You,

<<what He will do

<<for one who waits

<<for Him.”

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

<<All

<<the prophets,

<<all of them,

<<did not

<<prophesy

<<except

<<for the days of

<<the Mashiach;

<<but

<<for the World to Come —

<<“An eye

<<has not

<<seen,

<<O God,

<<except You.”

And it disagrees

<<with Shmuel,

<<for Shmuel said:

<<There is no [difference]

<<between

<<this world

<<and the days of

<<the Mashiach

<<except

<<subjugation to

<<the kingdoms

<<alone,

<<as it is stated:

<<“For

<<not

<<will cease

<<the poor

<<from the midst of

<<the land.”

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

<<All

<<the prophets,

<<all of them,

<<did not

<<prophesy

<<except

<<for the masters of

<<repentance;

<<but

<<the righteous

<<who are complete —

<<“An eye

<<has not

<<seen,

<<O God,

<<except You.”

And it disagrees

<<with Rabbi Abbahu,

<<for Rabbi Abbahu said:

<<The place

<<where the masters of

<<repentance

<<stand,

<<the righteous

<<who are complete

<<do not

<<stand,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Peace,

<<peace

<<to the far

<<and to the near” —

<<“to the far”

<<first,

<<and then

<<“to the near.”

And Rabbi Yochanan

<<would say

<<to you:

<<What

<<is “far”?

<<One who was

<<far

<<from a matter of

<<sin

<<from the start.

<<And what

<<is “near”?

<<One who was

<<near

<<to a matter of

<<sin

<<and distanced himself

<<from it

<<now.

What is

<<“An eye

<<has not

<<seen”?

<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

<<This is

<<the wine

<<that is preserved

<<in its grapes

<<from the six

<<days of

<<Creation.

<<Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani

<<said:

<<This is

<<Eden,

<<which has not

<<ruled

<<over it

<<the eye of

<<any

<<creature.

Perhaps

<<you will say:

<<Adam

<<the first,

<<where

<<was he?

<<In the Garden.

And perhaps

<<you will say:

<<it

<<is the Garden,

<<it

<<is Eden?

<<The verse states:

<<“And a river

<<goes out

<<from Eden

<<to water

<<the Garden” —

<<the Garden

<<separately,

<<and Eden

<<separately.

The Rabbis taught:

<<An incident

<<where fell ill

<<the son

<<of

<<Rabban Gamliel.

<<He sent

<<two

<<Torah scholars

<<to

<<Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa

<<to request

<<for him

<<mercy.

<<When

<<he saw

<<them,

<<he went up

<<to the upper story

<<and requested

<<for him

<<mercy.

<<On his coming down

<<he said to them:

<<Go,

<<for has left him

<<the fever.

<<They said to him:

<<And are

<<a prophet

<<you?!

<<He said to them:

<<“Not

<<a prophet

<<am I,

<<and not

<<the son of

<<a prophet

<<am I”;

<<rather,

<<thus

<<I have received:

<<if

<<fluent

<<is my prayer

<<in my mouth,

<<know

<<I

<<that it

<<is accepted;

<<and if

<<not,

<<know

<<I

<<that it

<<is rejected.

<<They sat

<<and wrote

<<and noted exactly

<<that

<<hour.

<<And when they came

<<to

<<Rabban Gamliel,

<<he said to them:

<<By the Temple Service!

<<You have not

<<subtracted

<<and not

<<added;

<<rather,

<<thus

<<was

<<the event:

<<at that

<<hour

<<left him

<<the fever,

<<and he asked

<<of us

<<water

<<to drink.

And again

<<an incident

<<with Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa,

<<who went

<<to learn

<<Torah

<<with

<<Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai,

<<and fell ill

<<the son

<<of

<<Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai.

<<He said to him:

<<Chanina,

<<my son,

<<request

<<for him

<<mercy

<<and he will live.

<<He placed

<<his head

<<between

<<his knees

<<and requested

<<for him

<<mercy,

<<and he lived.

<<Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai said:

<<Had

<<thrust

<<ben Zakkai

<<his head

<<between

<<his knees

<<all

<<the day

<<entire,

<<not

<<would they have

<<paid attention

<<to him.

<<Said

<<to him

<<his wife:

<<And is

<<Chanina

<<greater

<<than you?

<<He said to her:

<<No;

<<rather,

<<he

<<is like

<<a servant

<<before

<<the King,

<<and I

<<am like

<<an officer

<<before

<<the King.

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

<<Let not

<<pray

<<a person

<<except

<<in a house

<<that has

<<there

<<windows,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And windows

<<open

<<for him

<<in his upper chamber

<<(opposite)

<<[facing]

<<Jerusalem.”

Rav Kahana said:

<<Brazen

<<in my eyes

<<is one

<<who prays

<<in a valley.

And Rav Kahana said:

<<Brazen

<<in my eyes

<<is one

<<who details

<<his sin,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Happy is

<<one forgiven of

<<transgression,

<<covered of

<<sin.”

We shall return to you,

<<‘One does not stand’.