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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 116
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Orach Chayim Siman 116 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 1 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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Opens “פירוש ברכת רפאינו. ובו סעיף אחד: רפאינו…”
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<b>פירוש ברכת רפאינו. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>רפאינו ה' ונרפא אע"פ דהכתוב ליחיד אין מכנין אותו לרבים ה"מ בזמן שמתכוין לקרות אבל כשאומר אותו דרך תפלה ובקשה מותר ומ"מ אם אומר מזמור שלם אסור לשנות מלשון יחיד לרבים או להיפך: [טור והרא"ש פ' הקורא עומד בשם הר"י]:
Commentary on the the Blessing "Heal us". Containing 1 Se'if: "Heal us, O God, and we shall be healed..." Even though a verse that is written in the singular may not be modified to the plural [i.e. like the beginning words of this blessing which in Jeremiah 17:14 is written in the singular "heal me"] - this applies in the case when it was intended to be recited [as a verse], but when one says it in the context of a prayer or a request, it is permitted [to modify it]. Gloss: Nevertheless, if one says an entire psalm, it is forbidden to alter it from singular to plural or vice versa. (Tur and the Rosh on the chapter "Hakoreh Omed" [Talmud Megillah 4] in the name of the Ri]
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