Brachos Perek 5

Mishnah 1: " אֵין עוֹמְדִין לְהִתְפַּלֵּל אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ כֹּבֶד רֹאשׁ." This sentence is saying that . . .,

• One should only daven in a serious, humbled state

• One shouldn't daven if his head feels heavy b/c it's hard to concentrate when you don't feel well

• One should meditate for an hour before one davens

• All of the above

• None of the above

Mishnah 1: " אֵין עוֹמְדִין לְהִתְפַּלֵּל אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ כֹּבֶד רֹאשׁ." Why is this particularly relevant to davening? Isn't it a good idea to do all mitzvos in a serious mindset?

• All of the above

• Davening is the one mitzvah where you haven't fulfilled the mitzvah if you don't have the awareness of being in front of Hashem

• The mishnah assumes we'll learn the lesson from davening and apply to other mitzvos

• The tana kama prefers to give an example using a mitzvah m'd'rabanan which is also a mitzvah aseh she'ha'zman grama.

• We don't follow this opinion of Beis Shammai

Mishnah 1: "חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים הָיוּ שׁוֹהִים שָׁעָה אַחַת וּמִתְפַּלְּלִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּכַוְּנוּ אֶת לִבָּם לַמָּקוֹם". What does the gemara tell us about the daily schedule of the "חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים"?

• They would spend an hour preparing for tefilah

• They would spend an hour in tefilah

• They would spend an hour after tefilah concluding their davening

• All of the above

• None of the above

Mishnah 1: "חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים הָיוּ שׁוֹהִים שָׁעָה אַחַת וּמִתְפַּלְּלִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּכַוְּנוּ אֶת לִבָּם לַמָּקוֹם". What question does the gemara ask about the daily schedule of the "חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים"?

• If they spent nine hours a day engaged in tefilah, what became of their learning?

• If they were so holy that they could spend nine hours in tefilah, doesn't that mean they didn't need to daven that much?

• Is it proper to spend three hours on Maariv, if it is technically a רְשׁוּת?

• All of the above

• Why not daven Mincha and Maariv back-to-back and save six hours?

Mishnah 1: "חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים הָיוּ שׁוֹהִים שָׁעָה אַחַת וּמִתְפַּלְּלִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּכַוְּנוּ אֶת לִבָּם לַמָּקוֹם". The Gemara asks: If they spent nine hours a day engaged in tefilah, what became of their learning? The Gemara answers:

• Since they were authentic chasidim -- people for whom it was necessary and appropriate to go the extra mile -- both their tefilah and Torah were fine.

• The chasidim had a right to follow their minhag, even if non-chasidishe people think it wasn't an appropriate use of time

• Chazal later said that people were no longer on the level where it was appropriate to do so anymore.

• All of the above

• Since they lived in the time before the Torah She'be'al Peh was put into writing, they didn't know it would be publicized, so it wasn't considered to be "showing off."

Mishnah 1: "אֲפִלּוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁוֹאֵל בִּשְׁלוֹמוֹ, לֹא יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ" The Gemara explains that the mishnah is

• all of the above

• referring to a melech yisrael

• not referring to any king

• talking about a case where there is no possibility of life-threatening danger.

• None of the above

Mishnah 1: "וַאֲפִלּוּ נָחָשׁ כָּרוּךְ עַל עֲקֵבוֹ, לֹא יַפְסִיק" The Gemara explains that the mishnah is

• all of the above

• referring to a non-venomous snake

• not talking about a situation in Eretz Yisrael, where there is a possibility that the snake is a spiritual sign

• not talking about a case where there is a possibility of life-threatening danger.

• None of the above

Mishnah 2: "מַזְכִּירִין גְּבוּרוֹת גְּשָׁמִים בִּתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים, וְשׁוֹאֲלִין הַגְּשָׁמִים בְּבִרְכַּת הַשָּׁנִים, וְהַבְדָּלָה בְּחוֹנֵן הַדָּעַת"

The bolded phrase above refers to

• מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם

• second bracha of Shemoneh Esreh, אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר . . . בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' מְבָרֵךְ הַשָּׁנִים

• וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה

• ninth bracha of Shemoneh Esreh, בְּרַךְ עָלֵינוּ . . . בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' מְבָרֵךְ הַשָּׁנִים

• אַתָּה חוֹנַנְתָּנוּ

Mishnah 2: "מַזְכִּירִין גְּבוּרוֹת גְּשָׁמִים בִּתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים, וְשׁוֹאֲלִין הַגְּשָׁמִים בְּבִרְכַּת הַשָּׁנִים, וְהַבְדָּלָה בְּחוֹנֵן הַדָּעַת"

The bolded phrase above refers to

• מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם

• second bracha of Shemoneh Esreh, אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר . . . בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' מְבָרֵךְ הַשָּׁנִים

• וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה

• ninth bracha of Shemoneh Esreh, בְּרַךְ עָלֵינוּ . . . בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' מְבָרֵךְ הַשָּׁנִים

• אַתָּה חוֹנַנְתָּנוּ

Mishnah 2: "מַזְכִּירִין גְּבוּרוֹת גְּשָׁמִים בִּתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים, וְשׁוֹאֲלִין הַגְּשָׁמִים בְּבִרְכַּת הַשָּׁנִים, וְהַבְדָּלָה בְּחוֹנֵן הַדָּעַת"

The bolded phrase above refers to

• מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם

• second bracha of Shemoneh Esreh, אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר . . . בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' מְבָרֵךְ הַשָּׁנִים

• וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה

• ninth bracha of Shemoneh Esreh, בְּרַךְ עָלֵינוּ . . . בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' מְבָרֵךְ הַשָּׁנִים

• אַתָּה חוֹנַנְתָּנוּ