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Mishnah 2





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Eli Silberstein
Rabbi Eli Silberstein is director of Chabad of Ithaca, NY. He lectures on Talmudic law and Jewish mysticism and is author of JLI courses. Rabbi Silberstein is renowned for his vast knowledge of Jewish law, philosophy and kabbalah.


אֵלּוּ הֵן בֵּין הַפְּרָקִים: בֵּין בְּרָכָה רִאשׁוֹנָה לִשְׁנִיָּה, בֵּין שְׁנִיָּה לִ"שְׁמַע", וּבֵין "שְמַע" לִ"וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ", בֵּין "וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ" ל"וַיֹּאמֶר", בֵּין "וַיֹּאמֶר" לֶ"אֱמֶת וְיַצִּיב". רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: בֵּין "וַיֹּאמֶר" לֶ"אֱמֶת וְיַצִּיב" – לֹא יַפְסִיק. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן קָרְחָה: לָמָּה קָדְמָה "שְמַע" לִ"וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ"? אֶלָּא כְדֵי שֶׁיְּקַבֵּל עָלָיו עֹל מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם תְּחִלָּה, וְאַחַר כַּךְ יְקַבֵּל עָלָיו עֹל מִצְוֹת. "וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ" ל"וַיֹּאמֶר"? שֶׁ"וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמֹעַ" נוֹהֵג בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּילָה, "וַיֹּאמֶר" אֵינוֹ נוֹהֵג אֶלָּא בַיּוֹם.

These are the section breaks: between the first and second blessings, between the second blessing and Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4), between Shema and V'hayah im shamoa ("If you truly listen")(Deuteronomy 11:13), between V'hayah im shamoa and Vayomer ("[God] said")(Numbers 15:37), between Vayomer and Emet v'yatziv ("True and enduring"). Rabbi Yehuda says: between Vayomer and Emet v'yatziv -- one may not pause. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korchah said: why does Shema precede V'hayah im shamoa? So that one may accept the yoke of the kingdom of heaven first and after that accept the yoke of the commandments. And [why does] V'hayah im shamoa [precede] Vayomer? Because V'hayah im shamoa applies during the day and at night and Vayomer only applies during the day.


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