Mishna Berachot Review

In the first mishna in Brachot, the mishna states that the first opportunity to recite the Shma is when...

• The Cohanim get up in the morning

• The Cohanim go to sleep at night

• The Cohanim go in to eat their Terumah

This time is otherwise known as ...

• Sunrise - עלות השחר

• Nightfall - צאת הכוכבים

• Mid-afternoon

There are three opinions as to when you have until to say the nighttime Kriat Shma

• Till the end of the first watch (10 pm); Till Chatzot (Midnight); Till 2 am

• Till Chatzot (Midnight); Till 2 am; Till 6 am

• Till the end of the first watch (10 pm); Till Chatzot (Midnight); Till surnise (6 am)

Rabban Gamliel's sons came home and asked him if they could still say the Shma. He said they could as long as morning had not yet arrived. How did he defend going against the majority opinion of Chachamim, who said until Chatzot?

• Even Chachamim would agree with me, because they were only speaking about Shabbat, where the time is until Chatzot

• Even Chachamim would agree with me, because they were only speaking ideally, but if someone did not recite before Chatzot, they can recite until morning

• I am a scholar in my own right, so I need not listen to Chachamim's view

The terms בשכבך ובקומך, according to Beit Shammai, means:

• read the Shma at night and in the morning

• read the Shma every Shabbat

• lie down when saying the Shma at night, stand up for the morning Shma

Beit Hillel disagrees, and says that ...

• you can say the Shma any way you want, even walking, as it says ובלכתך בדרך

• you always have to lie down during the Shma

• you always have to stand up during the Shma

The main theme of the third paragraph of the Shma is...

• the exodus from Egypt

• tzizit

• The mitzvah of learning Torah

• The mitzvah of giving Tzedaka

Even so, we recite the third paragraph at night because

• we look at a Shma as a whole

• we say it because of the mention of Yetziat Mizraim - the exodus from Egypt - which has to be recited day and night

• we say it because of the mention of Tzizit because you can wear tzizit all day if you wish

• None of the above

הָיָה קוֹרֵא בַתּוֹרָה, וְהִגִּיעַ זְמַן הַמִּקְרָא, אִם כִּוֵּן לִבּוֹ, יָצָא. וְאִם לָאו, לֹא יָצָא

• From this mishna we learn that Shma is optional

• From this mishna we learn that Shma needs proper intent

• Both of the first two answers

• None of the answers here

It says "Shma Yisrael". From this, one of the rabbis in the mishna says...

• you have to hear what you are saying

• you don't have to hear what you are saying

• you could hear it if you want but not if you don't want to