Rif Brachot 24b

24b

{Brachot 34b, but we are currently digressing to Yoma 53b}

and only afterwards give Shalom, and if he does not do this, it would have been more fitting for him not to pray {I corrected the girsa here, which said: it is fitting for him as if he did not pray}.

And in the name of Rav Shemaya {our girsa: just Shemaya} they said: he gives Shalom to his right, and then to his left, for it is stated in Devarim 33:2:

ב וַיֹּאמַר, ה מִסִּינַי בָּא וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ--הוֹפִיעַ מֵהַר פָּארָן, וְאָתָה מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ; מִימִינוֹ, אשדת (אֵשׁ דָּת) לָמוֹ.

2 And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law unto them.

and it says in Tehillim 91:7:

ז יִפֹּל מִצִּדְּךָ, אֶלֶף--וּרְבָבָה מִימִינֶךָ: אֵלֶיךָ, לֹא יִגָּשׁ.

7 A thousand may fall at Thy side, and ten thousand at Thy right hand; it shall not come nigh thee.

Rava saw Abaye that he gave Shalom to his right first. He said: Do you think it means to your right and to your left? {Rather, first} To your left which is the right of Hashem.

Rabbi Chiyya bar Abba said: I saw Abaye and Rava, that they took these three steps in one bow.

And they said in the name of Rav Mordechai: One he takes three steps back, there he needs to stand {for a time, rather than sitting immediately - Rashi}. A parable to a student who takes leave of his teacher. If he returns immediately he is comparable to a dog who returns to its vomit.

Rather he needs to stand there until the shliach tzibur begins {repeating Shemoneh Esrei}, and once the shliach tzibur begins, he returns to his place, and there is one who says until the shliach tzibur reaches kedusha.

{Brachot 34b}
MISHNAH.

IF ONE MAKES A MISTAKE IN HIS TEFILLAH IT IS A BAD SIGN FOR HIM,
AND IF HE IS A READER OF THE CONGREGATION {shliach tzibur} IT IS A BAD SIGN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMMISSIONED HIM, BECAUSE A MAN'S AGENT IS EQUIVALENT TO HIMSELF.

IT WAS RELATED OF R. HANINA BEN DOSA THAT HE USED TO PRAY FOR THE SICK AND SAY, THIS ONE WILL DIE, THIS ONE WILL LIVE.
THEY SAID TO HIM: HOW DO YOU KNOW?
HE REPLIED: IF MY PRAYER COMES OUT FLUENTLY, I KNOW THAT HE IS ACCEPTED, BUT IF NOT, THEN I KNOW THAT HE IS REJECTED.

Gemara:
{The Mishna began:} "One who prays and erred [it is a bad sign for him]":
Where?
Rav Safra said in the name of one from the school of Rabbi Ami: In the patriarachs {Avot = the first blessing}.

And there are some that learn {this saying of Rav Safra} upon the brayta: One who prays needs to direct his heart in all of them, and if he is unable to direct his heart in all of them, he should direct his heart, even in one of them.
Rav Safra said in the name of one from the school of Rabbi Ami: In the patriarachs {Avot = the first blessing}.

Rabbi Chiyya bar Abba cited Rabbi Yochanan: One should only pray in a house {room} that has windows, for it is stated in Daniel 6:11:

יא וְדָנִיֵּאל כְּדִי יְדַע דִּי-רְשִׁים כְּתָבָא, עַל לְבַיְתֵהּ, וְכַוִּין פְּתִיחָן לֵהּ בְּעִלִּיתֵהּ, נֶגֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶם; וְזִמְנִין תְּלָתָה בְיוֹמָא הוּא בָּרֵךְ עַל-בִּרְכוֹהִי, וּמְצַלֵּא וּמוֹדֵא קֳדָם אֱלָהֵהּ, כָּל-קֳבֵל דִּי-הֲוָא עָבֵד, מִן-קַדְמַת דְּנָה

11 And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house--now his windows were open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem--and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. {S}

HADRAN ALACH AIN OMDIN
END FIFTH PEREK

BEGIN SIXTH PEREK
{Brachot 35a}
MISHNAH.
WHAT BLESSINGS ARE SAID OVER FRUIT?
OVER FRUIT OF THE TREE ONE SAYS, WHO CREATEST THE FRUIT OF THE TREE,
EXCEPT FOR WINE, OVER WHICH ONE SAYS, WHO CREATEST THE FRUIT OF THE VINE.

OVER THAT WHICH GROWS FROM THE GROUND ONE SAYS: WHO CREATEST THE FRUIT OF THE GROUND,
EXCEPT OVER BREAD, FOR WHICH ONE SAYS, WHO BRINGEST FORTH BREAD FROM THE EARTH.

OVER VEGETABLES ONE SAYS, WHO CREATEST THE FRUIT OF THE GROUND; R. JUDAH, HOWEVER, SAYS: WHO CREATEST DIVERS KINDS OF HERBS.

Gemara:
The Sages learnt {in a brayta}: Vayikra 19:24:

כד וּבַשָּׁנָה, הָרְבִיעִת, יִהְיֶה, כָּל-פִּרְיוֹ--קֹדֶשׁ הִלּוּלִים, לַה.

24 And in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto the LORD.

This teaches that it needs a blessing before it and after it. Rabbi Akiva said: It is forbidden for one to taste anything before he blesses.

The Sages learnt {in a brayta}: It is forbidden for one to benefit from this world without a blessing, and anyone who benefits from this world without a blessing - ma'al {he had improper benefit from consecrated things}