Quizizz #1: Gemara Berakhot 2a - Part 1

What is the Gemara's first question when it asks: תַּנָּא הֵיכָא קָאֵי דְּקָתָנֵי ״מֵאֵימָתַי״? ("On the basis of what does the Tanna ask 'from when'?")

• From when can you start reading קריאת שמע at night

• How do we know there even is an obligation to say ק״ש at night?

• What does the word מאמתי mean?

• Until when can you say קריאת שמע at night?

What is the Gemara's 2nd question?

?מַאי שְׁנָא דְּתָנֵי בְּעַרְבִית בְּרֵישָׁא

!לִתְנֵי דְּשַׁחֲרִית בְּרֵישָׁא

• Why does the Gemara first teach about saying קריאת שמע during the day? It should start with ק״ש at night!

• How do we even know there is an obligation to say קריאת שמע?

• Why does the Gemara first teach about saying קריאת שמע at night? It should start with ק״ש during the day!

• How many times do you have to say ק״ש per day?

The Gemara's answer is the source of ״בשכבך ובקומך״, "when you lie down and when you get up".

Which question(s) is this coming to answer?

• Only the first question - how do we know there exists an obligation to say ק״שׁ?

• Only the 2nd question - why does the Gemara begin teaching the laws of ק״ש at night instead of day?

• Both the 1st and 2nd questions

• It answers neither the 1st or 2nd questions

How does the Gemara's answer of ״בשכבך ובקומך״, "when you lie down and when you get up" answer the first question?

• The פסוק lists the night (lying down) before the day (getting up). So too, the Gemara teaches the laws of ק״ש at night first.

• It brings a פסוק as a source that you have to learn Torah twice a day

• It provides a פסוק as a source that there is an obligation to say ק״שׁ twice a day.

• It shows that at the time of creation, G-d created night before day, so we teach the laws of ק״ש at night first.

How does the Gemara's answer of ״בשכבך ובקומך״, "when you lie down and when you get up" answer the second question?

• The פסוק lists the night (lying down) before the day (getting up). So too, the Gemara teaches the laws of ק״ש at night first.

• It brings a פסוק as a source that you have to learn Torah twice a day

• It provides a פסוק as a source that there is an obligation to say ק״שׁ twice a day.

• It shows that at the time of creation, G-d created night before day, so we teach the laws of ק״ש at night first.

What does וְאִי בָּעֵית אֵימָא (if you want to say) introduce?

• A question

• A challenge

• An additional answer

• A ברייתא

What is the 2nd answer brought by the Gemara as to why we teach the laws of ק״ש at night first?

• ״בְּשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ״ - The Torah talks about lying down before getting up, so night comes first.

• ״וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד״ - in creation, we also put night before day

• ״וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד״ - in creation, we also put day before night

• ״בְּשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ״ - The Torah talks about getting up before lying down, so day comes first.

What does מַאי שְׁנָא mean?

• What is the source?

• What's different?

• If you want to say

• Furthermore

What does the word יָלֵיף mean?

• As it is written

• Derive/learn out

• If you want to say

• What's the difference?

What does the word דִּכְתִיב introduce?

• A ברייתא

• A משנה

• A challenge

• A פסוק