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Gemara ⇄ Halakha track
Berakhot - the order of prayer
A blueprint from sugya to daily halakha
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Chapter 1 · Foundations of berakhot
8 lessons- 01What is a berakhah? Source in the Mishna and Gemara (35a) 22 min
- 02The fixed text - "Barukh Atah" and "Malkhut" (40b) 20 min
- 03Berakhah le-vatalah and berakhah she-einah tzrikhah (33a) 20 min
- 04Shomea ke-oneh and answering Amen (53b) 20 min
- 05Hesech ha-daat and shifting place (42a) 18 min
- 06Safek berakhot le-hakel (Maharitz, Birkei Yosef) 18 min
- 07Kavanah in a berakhah - heart or mouth? (13a) 18 min
- 08Berakhah categories - three buckets 18 min
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Chapter 2 · Keriat Shema and its blessings
8 lessons- 09The first Mishna - "from when do we recite Shema" (2a) 24 min
- 10Three parshiyot - Shema, Vehaya, Vayomer (12b) 20 min
- 11Kavanah in Shema - the first verse (13b) 20 min
- 12Birkot Keriat Shema of Shacharit (11b) 20 min
- 13Evening Shema - four berakhot (11a) 18 min
- 14"U-velekhtekha ba-derekh" and reciting Shema on the road (5b) 18 min
- 15Bedtime Shema (5a) 16 min
- 16Interruptions in Shema - when may you answer (13a) 18 min
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Chapter 3 · Tefillat Amidah
8 lessons- 17Origin of the Amidah - Patriarchs or Korbanot (26b) 22 min
- 18Structure of the 19 berakhot - three sections (34a) 22 min
- 19Shevach berakhot - Avot, Gevurot, Kedushah 20 min
- 20Middle berakhot - 13 requests in detail 24 min
- 21Adding a personal request in the Amidah (34a) 18 min
- 22Closing berakhot - Retzeh, Modim, Birkat Kohanim, Shalom 20 min
- 23Chazarat ha-shatz and Tachanun (34b) 20 min
- 24Times of the three daily prayers (26b) 20 min
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Chapter 4 · Practical halakha
8 lessons- 25Birkot ha-nehenin - the seven sensory berakhot 22 min
- 26Birkat ha-Mazon - four berakhot and the secret of order (48b) 24 min
- 27After-berakhot - Me’ein Shalosh and Borei Nefashot 20 min
- 28Birkot ha-Shachar - the morning recognition (60b) 20 min
- 29Birkot ha-mitzvot - before, after, or none 20 min
- 30Berakhot of sight and sound - sages, kings, lightning 18 min
- 31Contemporary applications - travel, devices, technology 20 min
- 32Course finale - building your personal tefillah blueprint 22 min
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