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4a
another shul, but if one of these conditions is present, we have no issue with it.
{Brachot 7b}
Rabbi Yochanan cited Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai: One who establishes a permanant place for his Torah-study. his enemies fall under him, as it states in Shmuel 2 7:10:
{Brachot 6a}
Abba Binyamin says: A man's prayer in only heard in shul, as it states in Melachim 1 8:28:
in the place of the song{rina}, there shall be My prayer.
{Brachot 8a}
And Rabbi Yochanan says, citing Rabbi Yossi ben Zimra: A man's prayer in only heard in shul, as it states in Tehillim 69:14:
What is an "acceptable time?" In the time that the congregation is praying.יד וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּתִי-לְךָ ה, עֵת רָצוֹן-- אֱלֹהִים בְּרָב-חַסְדֶּךָ;עֲנֵנִי, בֶּאֱמֶת יִשְׁעֶךָ.14 But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, answer me with the truth of Thy salvation.
Rabbi Yossi ben Chanina derived it from here, Yeshaya 49:8:
Rav Nachman derived it from here, Iyyov 36:5:ח כֹּה אָמַר ה, בְּעֵת רָצוֹן עֲנִיתִיךָ, וּבְיוֹם יְשׁוּעָה, עֲזַרְתִּיךָ; וְאֶצָּרְךָ, וְאֶתֶּנְךָ לִבְרִית עָם, לְהָקִים אֶרֶץ, לְהַנְחִיל נְחָלוֹת שֹׁמֵמוֹת.
8 Thus saith the LORD: In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
{which is being taken as God does not despise the mighty, that is, the numerous.}ה הֶן-אֵל כַּבִּיר, וְלֹא יִמְאָס: כַּבִּיר, כֹּחַ לֵב.5 Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
A brayta also says the same: From where do we know that Hashem does not despise the prayers of the multitude? From Iyyov 36:5:
and in Tehillim 55:19:ה הֶן-אֵל כַּבִּיר, וְלֹא יִמְאָס: כַּבִּיר, כֹּחַ לֵב.5 Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
| יט פָּדָה בְשָׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי, מִקְּרָב-לִי: כִּי-בְרַבִּים, הָיוּ עִמָּדִי. | 19 He hath redeemed my soul in peace so that none came nigh me; for they were many that strove with me. |
{implying that is was because there were many that were with him that Hashem redeemed him.}
The Holy One, Blessed Be He, said: one who is involved in Torah and acts of kindness, and is {commonly} found in the shul , I consider it as if he has redeemed my sons from amongst the nations until the end of the generations.
{Possibly inspired by the preceding pasuk, which states עֶרֶב וָבֹקֶר וְצָהֳרַיִם, אָשִׂיחָה וְאֶהֱמֶה; וַיִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי.}
Resh Lakish said: One who has a shul in his city and does not enter to pray is called a bad neighbor, as it states in Yirmiyahu 12:14:
{Perhaps the inheritance is prayer in shul, and they touch it by not attending it?}
And not only that, but they cause exile, as it states in the end of the pasuk:
It was told to Rabbi Yochanan that there were elderly people in Bavel. He was astounded. He said: Let us see. It states in Dvarim 11:21:
it is written, but outside the land no. Once they told him that they come early and leave late from shul he said that is why they benefit, as Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi told his children to come early and leave late from shul so that your days will be extended.
Rav Acha bar Chanina said: What is the Scriptural source? Mishlei 8:34:
and the next verse states:
| לה כִּי מֹצְאִי, מצאי (מָצָא) חַיִּים; וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן, מֵה. | 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. |
We learn in perek shelosha sheAchlu keAchat {Brachot 7th perek, daf 47b}:
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: A man should always come early to the shul so as to be counted as one of the first ten, for even if 100 come after him, he takes the reward for all of them.
The reward of all of them, think you? Rather, he gets rewards equal to all of them.
{Brachot 8a}
Rav Chisda said: A man should always enter a measure of two doors-worth {into shul} and then pray, as it states {at the end of the pasuk in Mishlei cited above} לִשְׁמֹר, מְזוּזֹת פְּתָחָי - "waiting at the posts of my doors." {and thus we have plural doors, and minimum plural is two}
Rava said to Rafram bar Pappa: Let Master relate to us some of the great things that he has cited in the name of Rav Chisda regarding shul.
He said to him: So said Rav Chisda: What is the meaning of what is written in Tehillim 87:2?
| ב אֹהֵב יְהוָה, שַׁעֲרֵי צִיּוֹן-- מִכֹּל, מִשְׁכְּנוֹת יַעֲקֹב. | 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. |
And this is as R Chiyya bar Ami cited Ulla: From the day that the Temple was destroyed Hashem only has in the world the 4 cubits of halacha.
Rav Ami and Rav Asi, even though they had 13 shuls in Teveria, they would only pray between the pillars where they learned.
Abaye said: At first, I would learn in my house and pray in shul. Now that I have heard what Rav Chiyya bar Ami cited in the name of Ulla, I only pray where I learn.
And Rav Chiyya bar Ami further cited Ulla: What is meant by the pasuk in Yeshaya 1:28?
| כח וְשֶׁבֶר פֹּשְׁעִים וְחַטָּאִים, יַחְדָּו; וְעֹזְבֵי ה, יִכְלוּ. | 28 But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. |
This is the one who leaves the Sefer Torah when it is opened, and exits.
Rabbi Abahu left between aliyot. {between one man and the next}
Rava asked: Between verses, what? {may one leave?}
Teku. {the question stands.}
Rav Sheshet would turn his face and learn. He said, "We with ours and they with theirs."
And the {non-Talmudic} Rabbis have said that specifically Rav Sheshet, for Torah is his profession; but to rule for a man who asks a halachic question {during the time of kriyat haTorah} needed at the time, or to explain a matter, is forbidden, for {in Sotah 39a} Rabbi bar Rav Huna said: one the sefer Torah is opened/begun {niftach} - it is forbidden to talk, even in a matter of halacha.
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