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Gemara Brochos: "Shema, Tefillah and Brochos"

Brochos Daf 8


If one recites kerias shema prior to neitz hachamah, will he fulfill his mitzvah of saying kerias shema by day?


If one says kerias shema after amud hashachar, is he fulfilling the mitzvah of night or the mitzvah of day?


Brochos Daf 8b

  • Shnayim mikra
  • Eating on Erev Yom Kippur
  • Broken Luchos
  • Bed of an Aramis
  • Walking past a Shul


  • What?
  • How?
  • When?


  • Leaving during Kerias HaTorah
  • Learning during Kerias HaTorah
  • Understanding Rav Sheishes


What is the explanation of this seemingly perplexing Gemora?

(Click below, where it says "click here for the rest of the article" for a written discussion on this matter, plus the audio of the shiur.)


Rabbeinu Yonah's explanation of the Gemora: It's preferable to daven in a place where one studies Torah b'kviyus.


  • Matza or Motzeh?
  • Torah, misah, kevurah and beis hakisei
  • Hashem's shechina rests on the "Daled amos shel halacha."


  • Why are there old men in Bavel?
  • Gr"A - Shuls in Bavel will move to Eretz Yisroel.
  • Coming early and leaving late
  • "Two entrances" and only then should one daven.
  • What kind of wife did you get?