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Berachos 2:4 - 2:5

The Mishnah Yomi for Saturday, September 25, 2027 is Berachos 2:4 - 2:5

Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Berachos Perek 2 Mishnah 4

ברכות פרק ב׳ משנה ד׳

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The primary issue in this mishna is the requisite degree of concentration when reciting Shema. Laborers engaged in their work may recite Shema while standing atop the tree or atop the course of stones in a wall under construction, which they are not permitted to do for the Amida prayer, which requires intent of the heart.
הָאֻמָּנִין קוֹרִין בְּרֹאשׁ הָאִילָן אוֹ בְרֹאשׁ הַנִּדְבָּךְ, מַה שֶּׁאֵינָן רַשָּׁאִין לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן בַּתְּפִלָּה:
ד׳

נדבך – a layer of stones of a building such as “a course of unused timber for each three courses of hewn stone” (Ezra 6:4), and even though he is fearful that he might fall, and would not be able to focus (“have spiritual intentionality” during his recitation of the Shema) , the Sages did not require him to come down, for the Recitation of the Shema only requires spiritual intentionality for the first verse only (“Hear O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One”).

מה שאינן רשאין לעשות כן בתפילה – for Prayer (the Recitation of the Amidah) is [a plea for] mercy and requires spiritual intentionality. Therefore, one descends (from above) and prays (recites the Amidah).

נדבך. שורה של בנין אבנים, כמו נדבכין די אבן גלל בעזרא, ואע״ג דמסתפי דלמא נפלי ולא מצו מכווני, לא הצריכום חכמים לרדת, דק״ש לא בעי כוונה אלא פסוק ראשון בלבד:

מה שאינן רשאין לעשות כן בתפלה. דצלותא רחמי היא ובעי כוונה, הלכך יורדין למטה ומתפללין:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Berachos Perek 2 Mishnah 5

ברכות פרק ב׳ משנה ה׳

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The mishna continues: A groom is exempt from the recitation of Shema on the first night of his marriage, which was generally Wednesday night, until Saturday night, if he has not taken action and consummated the marriage, as he is preoccupied by concerns related to consummation of the marriage. The mishna relates that there was an incident where Rabban Gamliel married a woman and recited Shema even the first night. His students said to him: Didn’t our teacher teach us that a groom is exempt from the recitation of Shema? He answered them: Nevertheless, I am not listening to you to refrain from reciting Shema, and in so doing preclude myself from the acceptance of the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven, for even one moment.
חָתָן פָּטוּר מִקְּרִיאַת שְׁמַע בַּלַּיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן עַד מוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת, אִם לֹא עָשָׂה מַעֲשֶׂה. מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל שֶׁקָּרָא בַלַּיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁנָּשָׂא. אָמְרוּ לוֹ תַּלְמִידָיו, לֹא לִמַּדְתָּנוּ, רַבֵּנוּ, שֶׁחָתָן פָּטוּר מִקְּרִיאַת שְׁמַע בַּלַּיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן. אָמַר לָהֶם, אֵינִי שׁוֹמֵעַ לָכֶם לְבַטֵּל מִמֶּנִּי מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם אֲפִלּוּ שָׁעָה אֶחָת:
ה׳

חתן – [A groom] who married a virgin

פטור מקריאת שמע לילה ראשון – is exempt from the Recitation of the Shema the first night (of his marriage) because of the grave concern that he might not find her to be a virgin. And I heard that he fears lest he might his genitals might be mutilated through his [initial] intercourse [with his wife] and it is his preoccupation with this Mitzvah. And All-Merciful One (God) said (Deuteronomy 6:7), “and when you are away” – in your “going” (the commandment for sexual intercourse with one’s [virgin] wife is tied to the command “be fertile and increase” – Genesis 1:27) – which obligates you but also commands one’s exemption [from the recitation of the Shema].

אם לא עשה מעשה – If he did not engage in sexual intercourse until Saturday night (after the conclusion of Shabbat) which is four nights that he was preoccupied [with his ability to perform his sexual obligations to his wife]. And from that point onwards, he becomes intimate with her and furthermore, is no longer preoccupied, and even though he has not yet performed his obligation [of intimacy with his wife], he is obligated to recite the Shema.

חתן. שנשא בתולה:

פטור מקריאת שמע לילה ראשון. משום דטריד שמא לא ימצאנה בתולה. ואני שמעתי שמתירא שמא ייעשה כרות שפכה בבעילתו, וטרדא דמצוה היא, ורחמנא אמר ובלכתך בדרך, בלכת דידך הוא דמחייבת, הא דמצוה פטירת:

אם לא עשה מעשה. אם לא בעל עד מוצ״ש שהם ד׳ לילות, טריד. ומשם ואילך לבו גס בה ותו לא טריד, ואף על פי שלא עשה מעשה חייב בק״ש:

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