Rabbi Josh YuterOvjeren akaunt

So now that I'm done with Daf and kind of caught up in Yerushalmi, what exactly is happening in #IowaCaucuses? None of you are making any sense.

Y. Berachot 4:7 R. Sheila cit Rav: One who already prayed in private and then found a minyan should pray again with them. #DafYomi

Y. Berachot 4:4 A person must face a wall to pray per Is. 38:2. R. Yehoshua b Levi: Hizkiyahu faced the wall of Rahav. Rahav saved only two people, and look how many were saved on her behalf. #DafYomi

Y. Berachot 4:4 R. Abba, R. Hiyya cit R. Yohanan: A person must always pray in a place designated for prayer per Ex. 20:24 R. Tanhum b Hanina: A person must have a designated place within a synagogue per 2 Sam 15:32 #DafYomi

Y. Berachot 4:4 R. Shimon b Abba cit R. Hanina: כל הדרכים בחזקת סכנה All roads have the status of being dangerous R. Hanina b R. Abbahu, R. Shimon b Abba cit R. Yehoshua b Levi: כל החולי בחזקת הסכנה all illnesses have the status of being dangerous #DafYomi

Y. Berachot 4:3 R. Hanina cit R. Pinhas: 18 blessings correspond to 18 times the patriarchs are mentioned together in the Torah. If someone says there are 19, tell him we don't count Gen. 28:13. If someone says there are 17, tell them we do count Gen. 48:16 #DafYomi

Y. Berachot 4:3 Per Ps. 20:1 One who prays and isn't answered must fast #DafYomi

Y. Berachot 4:3 R. Yehoshua b Levi: 18 blessings of the amida correspond to first 18 Psalms until Ps. 20:1. Q. Isn't that 19 Psalms? A. Psalm 2 is considered a continuation of Psalm 1 #DafYomi

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Sages: Early pious people would wait an hour before prayer, pray for an hour, and wait an hour after prayer. Q. How did they keep their Torah or do their jobs spending 9 hours a day in prayer? A. Bec they were pious their Torah was preserved and work was blessed #DafYomi 32b

Reish Lakish on Is. 49:14-15: Even when someone remarries he remembers the deeds of his first wife, but you've not only forsaken me, you've forgotten me as well #DafYomi 32b

Sages: ארבע צריכין חזוק - four things require strengthening: Torah, good deeds, prayer, and derech eretz #DafYomi 32b

R. Hama b R. Hanina: Someone who prayed and wasn't answered should pray again per Ps. 27:14 #DafYomi 32b

Gemara: One who prolongs prayer and expects it to be answered will come to heartache. Prolonging prayer w/o expectations is what assures being answered #DafYomi 32b

R. Hanin cit R. Hanina: Whoever lengthens his prayer is assured his prayer will be answered per Deut 9:26-27, 10:10 R. Hiyya b Abba cit R. Yohanan: Whoever lengthens prayer will ultimately come to heartache per Prov. 13:12, 3:8 #DafYomi 32b

R. Elazar: Since the destruction of the Temple an iron wall separates Israel from their father in heaven per Ez. 4:3 #DafYomi 32b

R. Elazar: Since the day the Temple was destroyed, the gates of prayer have been locked per Lam 3:8, Ps. 39:13 Rava wouldn't declare a fast on a cloudy day per Lam. 3:44 #DafYomi 32b

R. Yohanan: A priest who killed someone is disqualified from "lifting the hands" (i.e. delivering the priestly blessing) per Is. 1:15 #DafYomi 32b

R. Elazar: A fast is greater than charity bec a fast is done w/one's body, charity is done w/one's property. R. Elazar: Prayer is greater than sacrifices per Is. 1:11, 1:15 #DafYomi 32b

R. Elazar: גדולה תפילה יותר ממעשים טובים Prayer is greater than good deeds. None was greater than Moses but his request was only answered through prayer Note: Add to the "thoughts and prayers" debate #DafYomi 32b